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) Q3 n, v* I. Z- ^! s3 ]" ~4 ^+ jSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river, y( w/ k6 H z+ a2 X) g0 V& u
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# u# g Z% |& m- o2 {( V2 [By The Canadian Press
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$ G1 O1 G9 B$ Q" N9 q9 DFORT 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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+ a6 S! [; |# 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.& }6 t) \; ?: @
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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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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.6 u: `- Y) x n& \" a
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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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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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