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) s0 b& ]6 y' I* s. dSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river/ z1 s7 M7 y* S/ x; @1 J
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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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.$ E6 j& Y7 D" J% r* b
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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.; o& Z" J4 x: O' _9 v0 W, b; \
0 Y) b( [( J' s0 s. I6 N1 mEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River., r l( [; [, y( K+ F
( D( a( Q9 y0 ?7 s8 H$ wMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.% \' {; S+ t# |2 [
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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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