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6 W0 P& A; s8 {/ F0 g- |) jSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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0 \6 C/ q% I O3 u- VWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM% h" Q1 v j( I" F7 s7 |2 m5 o7 d
0 t t" c+ F3 M+ ^. b+ qBy 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.
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) x7 q' V! @& g; E+ ^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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9 r! g7 b+ P, H# g( I. |2 y: y0 OThe 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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2 A% t2 }7 T, p2 }Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.. P3 f5 G" t" X1 t- u% D6 |% P$ U- T
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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.- y0 \! V0 O I- {( v* m
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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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