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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river6 p& \$ L6 M$ ~) [1 V$ P+ A
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM4 Y3 A$ F$ [5 C4 r" y
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By The Canadian Press, `6 b5 W; T& @! ^6 x
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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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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.% e1 h2 E0 F2 L( p. D9 P3 _0 h/ n
. T. P/ j. N: ?1 O. n5 dThe 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.8 N0 l2 u. I% M& }$ t) h ?9 b
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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.- z* U+ @ B1 Q( Y
7 }7 u: {1 @2 d5 t0 Q* B y5 aMcCabe 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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