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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river/ w" n9 ^7 ?7 C& w% \
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM3 d$ w, H/ m8 p& K, [ J$ ]* t7 w0 r
9 P" i% [! p7 n. t. a- p. g/ YBy 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.5 J) v, E" a: A8 v/ x
# O+ Z e. s4 u \# o6 S; K7 BThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.5 G7 B1 k0 O& f v) ~
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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./ b$ F' l8 i9 `+ R
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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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9 ?3 w* j, }& {* } g7 IMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.6 l C# t+ w; z; e+ T
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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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