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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river q5 ?# }: P2 T/ R
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By The Canadian Press- z0 x$ c' B) m8 z) o
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' {+ H3 ?, I h# WFORT 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.
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$ N( H3 V! S: ?. S* u4 OThe 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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( G! g% ]+ h8 p' AEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.9 E$ T0 c: p5 G9 L$ |, v& A
2 B- N s6 k; h8 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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