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: q; f7 j- x7 F5 S4 _7 B5 J( `Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river5 a: T( ?" J; v* u" P
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By The Canadian Press) v6 f# u1 w s- J& L
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/ T$ w }/ X N# GFORT 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., }4 t9 r; |6 C/ j" ^: d* T
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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.
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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.9 _& B/ @$ r7 G4 u! ?( a
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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.5 o! c; w' z# {' w3 N, V7 X! w
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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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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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