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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river3 O, A! k0 Q( k" \
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$ ^1 c$ [5 I7 y' D5 kWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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U4 R) S1 o4 a7 |; LBy 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.$ E& }# [8 p1 S$ ]
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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.( i8 ~1 M3 q |9 V6 n$ q+ O
# D8 W% @1 ]8 _) e- ~( c; ^$ AThe 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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+ O& k8 D6 m; 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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' o3 J( j- ^* Z/ }0 F! j# [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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