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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river& _0 f' e7 q: N3 `+ M: A
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM5 H# H/ X- D4 {+ V
0 y6 N$ n3 E* w5 q7 JBy The Canadian Press, Q5 a4 g2 m/ l$ l) \1 w. p+ q
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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.
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/ o! k. q$ h7 pThe 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) S# c3 |# H; ?8 UEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.4 j8 {* a c$ n7 H
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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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