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, Q0 `# e M2 f$ S$ JSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river8 p& }9 p* C4 r9 q
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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. A/ X6 w: t. ]. K' MBy The Canadian Press9 A9 w2 U( f# t7 n9 L N- x
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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.2 ~1 D9 j* k$ p
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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.6 C0 [2 J& }8 L/ E9 T/ t6 {/ }
" `* y# y! I, c( k8 JThe 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.9 z" V4 c( |- c8 t
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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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