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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river8 M, B$ V$ H A X
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By The Canadian Press
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* b: k1 j9 K% A; A0 I3 Z: jFORT 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.. t- B3 n% v3 n! @; F
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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.
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' {9 p: [3 ~1 Q F4 [5 I( K, a: ^Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River./ ^/ [. Y" L0 u( ^) g
, K. `" y1 [+ y! k: ]8 l* M6 VMcCabe 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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