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o5 I! I1 s" q+ X" D9 _: j) R* zSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river5 j" V0 w N# s- o% U
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By The Canadian Press {' q3 b: D. w! g+ o) }0 S! f5 q# O
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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.; n V1 z1 ?5 D5 u. L3 L' m0 D
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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./ s9 m: K, g' H8 V# |* s
) \9 h3 P/ [! K1 @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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" u$ w9 K( C) L6 ]1 o3 FEnvironment 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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. b, D0 Q) d% z- ]( B8 h: O7 hMcCabe 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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