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0 \3 f4 D* E& ^' q& `1 X/ r- PSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press
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3 y1 n1 s0 @; K# xFORT 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.! u3 @% |9 g8 \. \! j
6 j% J E+ t) ?7 [5 ~9 m: q' p' tThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.
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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.% C+ o) M2 R+ ^0 A. _4 D
! N) P+ f, D2 Y. j2 T2 L: VEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.
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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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7 x! [: [% |) ~3 M t, W8 p7 yThe 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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