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2 i+ L; H% {7 n4 P0 y4 c6 iSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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+ g6 B* t! r0 X6 {By The Canadian Press
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, h& u$ S9 d/ K |3 sFORT 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.+ u1 q6 L; J9 Y/ F- _
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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.
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: Z, M* Q [+ A4 |1 p6 F; N- y2 fThe 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., x4 E: J, V/ O0 [3 I O# {
4 s5 m' G7 q8 D. BEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.+ X, w5 S. w3 d2 `
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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.9 n. `0 D6 C6 F' |% u
( E9 P5 t$ X7 z4 q dThe 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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