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* e2 }& P2 \6 S6 b7 HSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river4 x$ Y7 V( J5 v
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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* L5 ~- s& C4 J7 ?) b1 @By The Canadian Press
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5 e! `& O8 N, n3 \7 sFORT 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.
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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.5 l* O! F* p( | w
. J! t4 C( W+ W; d! tEnvironment 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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. g' ?: N* v, e8 s3 K' wMcCabe 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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