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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river( }1 b: I$ ^# M7 J* d+ b) w3 H
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. V; ], H4 D3 l+ ?: E$ O: wBy The Canadian Press' x6 r0 T3 c. c5 v6 g6 E0 C
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{3 m. O9 c0 S# k) ^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.& S8 S; @" }5 G0 z+ o5 r. Y& ~
; {1 \% Q) {; V* @) zThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.4 P7 L5 o" n2 j. X( i( B! A
! ~2 W9 O6 }; ]3 S. ]0 J4 XThe 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.; | w- j5 W; ~0 y
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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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! ^6 V# E+ d3 M8 aThe 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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