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5 k5 _ j1 f0 @ S1 HSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river; J/ Y: r4 N" d1 \/ H
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/ L* j2 G% c& HBy The Canadian Press5 Y5 |3 V. j y7 i
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2 Z: A3 k2 h- q: k& sFORT 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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0 q+ a" ?. \ ~2 c& {2 qThe 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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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.+ C/ i$ z( d3 K- ]/ r* H
- c9 \" ?2 _! j! z, g1 y6 IEnvironment 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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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.( t! n/ A8 x$ Q* ~7 t, \! G- X
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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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