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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river7 X. O/ K0 \+ {; s5 w: {5 K
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# z; f! ]6 M2 J8 r Z: zBy The Canadian Press
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% B" X2 C( F" |8 z: UThe 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.
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f/ X ^" E- X& a* LEnvironment 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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. j& \ t" U/ l0 IThe 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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