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# d1 t1 \! ^; J2 DSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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3 v5 j' t3 Q, E3 wBy The Canadian Press6 _! d- y0 j l
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$ e/ e1 Z+ ~6 c+ Z7 k7 MFORT 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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3 S: H1 X- w1 W% V( mThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.8 z- ?* t8 Y& i$ t& h, _& B1 a
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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.
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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." H0 z( F( y0 J# N `
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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.0 ~& d+ K& n% r! }7 n4 L. r8 Y
% D, e r& u1 U; [$ {' `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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