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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river6 r: D" R, [, o
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM. i4 R9 F. H& ]# V, E4 v! Y# N8 M
' X* s0 l# @, B. |- uBy 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.4 n# L3 X+ q) y- d# M
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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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! z, {; ~& A V7 qThe 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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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.' {' l0 r7 R% P3 J, v+ i6 X# f! u
! S. }8 Y; l2 P3 g5 mThe 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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