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* F9 j5 O! p+ R FSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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3 w+ r p1 y: xBy The Canadian Press/ R1 C$ Q" n; {3 W. D; `
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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.) \+ D$ [/ c+ p- E& B) `- W
! X0 i1 V) f3 I+ l) [6 jThe 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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9 F; L$ v+ v; o( @- NThe 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.) l# m# C' M/ \% ]2 ^
! r3 h; i2 L2 w- qEnvironment 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.
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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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