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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river4 q; x/ D0 B& ~0 w& E
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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3 M7 Q: |7 h0 ?: N6 f% MBy The Canadian Press
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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.0 j4 Z$ i1 X4 w, N6 ]) `
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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.; W4 f- Z, Z6 p" z
6 L, i5 ^% g$ `3 dEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.( r8 c* r" R3 A
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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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