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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river6 D" i6 _) T/ W4 o c: ~
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM: q9 C; `- b% @+ W
; y! o. @5 W$ x2 ~7 R5 oBy The Canadian Press
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4 [3 J7 j: @9 h9 Y8 n# vFORT 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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# P; r3 c$ M1 s0 l+ y D+ pThe 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.
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4 e( k, w2 ]4 M7 p3 b0 i0 G, kEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.
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& |" }0 A( j! m' dMcCabe 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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