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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river7 ~( s/ Q/ u$ \0 \ s
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; }3 G0 J+ ~, m4 H" N P6 |, E: d5 WBy The Canadian Press6 Z8 b3 }! d4 F
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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.+ ?' o+ J0 s/ K$ G& T. \* e
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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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/ H3 g/ D/ n! u6 m: f' F# xThe 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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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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9 o0 X8 P# W2 s# SMcCabe 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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7 o* {' Z- s% c+ E+ XThe 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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