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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river+ ?5 \& ^8 K$ q4 o2 K Z: ?0 e' W
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM3 M! ?- m/ f/ t2 |( h' b7 _1 Y6 F
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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.
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/ w/ C, L1 \* S dThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.+ v) T, Z& _5 q6 F* i8 r
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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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2 B# t q; R/ K( f3 c/ E. S9 A) _Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.) j: ~0 O1 r Z) Q; g$ H
N# Z/ m9 r+ x# s2 nMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.0 |5 z4 A& _9 ~) e1 K9 Q
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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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