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2 N0 H0 I9 f2 U4 PSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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* e2 `, x6 p5 |+ q1 T$ GBy The Canadian Press- J5 C1 c" Y0 T
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7 f' a5 Q6 t' E8 a$ a" J) P' `FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU) and two of its contractors are headed to court next month after being charged with dumping partially-treated sewage from two work camps into a northern Alberta river.
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The contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.3 [7 A& I- m5 E; d
3 |9 }1 y$ z9 M5 z/ z" [The charges laid last year under Alberta's Environmental Protection Act include failing to properly treat wastewater and providing false or misleading information to the environment ministry.
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$ t! W) A4 k+ S$ m4 r: M- k/ wEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River., P8 |- f$ b$ ^1 l% j6 y; ^
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McCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.
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The nearest downstream community is Fort MacKay, but a spokesman for the aboriginal settlement said the 600 residents take their water from another river that's not connected to the Athabasca. |
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