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& B" z# N# z0 V( iSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press- }. f5 e* C! z& s* C# w' H' e
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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.
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% g) r, {" g/ k, j: l! 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. A- h. `9 y# Q- \7 p
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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.9 r# s9 p0 ]' H2 p; t: ]1 P" l% Z
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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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6 j% q# t, s9 W" V5 iMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.9 I1 o, b4 [! b- _: X. V, B4 _& s
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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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