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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river Q3 l9 p0 ?5 ?) o f! W2 L5 W6 Z( T
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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3 w A& U- k4 G% W% FFORT 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./ ^9 _ r3 ?, P$ S4 e) K( `
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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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6 b4 n1 N, N! N2 ~- sThe 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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7 I, U9 V! m0 }8 k# PEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.' `2 t! a$ M; H
: |$ q- D. |) C5 U4 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.
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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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