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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river5 C+ d, u5 M8 ?4 a- w3 r
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3 b1 F' Z1 h" WBy The Canadian Press0 u$ O# K4 f) y4 Z3 ~, {) a: x
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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.
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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.$ b1 n2 {3 ?6 k7 X% G0 p: \
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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.( s% ?5 k0 t' _; H9 C
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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.* |4 v6 B- c# t L' }: T
/ { b% l; t% B D' 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.7 Z5 ~( J/ {; E/ ^
& \% V7 \6 W% J2 ^. d1 B8 ~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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