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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river) F/ ?5 }; T4 L9 ?; r
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM, G9 A. ?/ r9 n
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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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7 j# J2 W8 n hThe 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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3 b2 H0 h3 Z+ G4 s8 ?& ~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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. u+ @" h0 y) S, Y2 bEnvironment 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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9 @8 Q/ Q! {) EMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.1 w8 x; ]$ }% i' p
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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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