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6 `9 [6 a9 s4 U; d/ B" g$ GSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river+ o& k3 a) ^1 D9 ]1 }$ @
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By The Canadian Press; x4 a$ ]6 p( x2 r0 p" D6 x
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$ f7 L b: ]1 y% L# ~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., x: X7 J+ W/ P- O. a
0 G9 u @. e$ y. L/ e4 BThe 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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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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?/ I% t, w% }+ l% [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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