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6 U5 ~+ V* H0 I. R1 ^) M% PSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river$ J' R! W% L# t
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! w2 d( r# h' q- Z% k1 ?: WBy The Canadian Press( h$ X# R! @2 t
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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.
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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.! B; Y. k! O* V7 h$ n# {+ M
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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.! g7 w4 g+ r. Y n
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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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7 r0 n8 m& E" t+ PMcCabe 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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