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( o8 d0 U4 {# o4 x$ [Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river" J7 s3 J4 N- A& R3 B& N0 I
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By The Canadian Press% e. p; Y- I- x4 b9 J+ N, f
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2 u# F/ t$ X$ AFORT 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.2 l5 Q/ \7 l; O0 u; @8 W; z
. i5 t" {2 E+ r! z) I# M5 ? DThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.: a, k4 z6 L; s# i2 D h$ y: t
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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.. L, A1 c/ c, e& F% n1 \5 ~* Z
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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.
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. J' N8 L+ e- G1 \4 ~2 pMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.- }+ @* P2 [7 w8 i1 ]& M
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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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