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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river% [: L! q$ C9 `- l" a
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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" N0 r2 x) C7 D# R1 R0 I- VBy The Canadian Press" Y }; p- h& K
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" c L1 \' u% T# }. |: M3 JFORT 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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: } E( A" a o+ a( E% Y8 W% RThe 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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$ E5 R4 J; ~: I) o6 g; _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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Environment 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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McCabe 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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