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! Z2 ~. F/ y R3 _6 zSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river' u5 q2 Z' n& |+ x1 D
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By The Canadian Press* ]$ D; c( C2 D
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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.$ w2 l0 k% x! `
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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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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.( i8 ^6 [( u& M1 x& V
! d% m9 }6 s* Z: I: H& E+ B0 J: W' CEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.; A8 f4 X% J6 m4 g$ j E# E
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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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' e5 D0 u$ h; [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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