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3 z2 Y1 X; Y7 G3 C0 ^Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river6 B* d' H7 e3 K) E5 d6 S% M- G6 v
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- W0 o' w0 g3 m! KBy The Canadian Press
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, k' P+ q" |: I0 o" Y' ~' u; n ?& AFORT 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.# J8 }6 A! d% J% a* B5 v$ L
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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." n: w! L3 w5 P/ }
, r8 ^4 A! x) x( W* e$ D! S6 g2 O F. gThe 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.0 X& {/ P/ L+ s; W4 T
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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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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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+ x {! `7 q+ i( R! v8 i- @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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