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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river% N/ R* i& h+ F
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3 B9 G% I \) r0 R2 Z& fBy The Canadian Press% i: u0 I9 `+ @, e/ {
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% R7 C7 U. S3 j0 f, J, 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.
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6 S. [& D! j: F* n7 PThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.; o, L" \$ a! W/ y; k
7 C" G7 W, [% iThe 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.
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- p i' q3 W3 _( B1 ^' EMcCabe 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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