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# T; l1 E- `! a/ B' z# zSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river9 W& b& e6 F7 E: N& Q/ K
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9 x# y6 e# F7 y6 vBy The Canadian Press/ E: V& ~( ?: ^' N4 W7 |! R( G" ?9 s
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; o( a( x5 P; P" Y) E- HFORT 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.4 E" M: x! r/ V2 _' h) `) E) P3 H
# E5 [# ]# a# ?9 q( t. ?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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! I! M: O$ I/ e8 ~, @0 oThe 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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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.: ?: w( b `) s/ m/ r' u$ s2 w A/ M
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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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