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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river2 @" b2 J) H+ I2 H- a
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2 f5 h- y$ n8 W, VBy The Canadian Press X- a$ e8 U0 @4 Y: T' B7 N* s
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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., n- z4 j) o5 b& a
R' z B' K" @/ i: \) x* {( b9 HThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.8 h0 j$ i8 q( g# U1 q; C0 u( ?
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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.; r" I6 ^0 r/ Z+ m' a8 m! |
/ T0 [3 @( |7 c. |& \' t0 cEnvironment 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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3 x4 R7 F/ @, u9 NMcCabe 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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& U: {8 X/ k2 v. _# |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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