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2 J0 N% T4 P- I4 F3 qSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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# y* Y( A% c w0 ?By The Canadian Press
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0 ~0 h% `1 A# g$ d$ Y0 }) 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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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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* U* m4 R0 n J1 _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.
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" E3 S z5 M1 S4 D! I: B' s) ~) a4 g% mEnvironment 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. D+ s& T9 e- M2 z- z5 w3 Q. f
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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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