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% b0 D: j: |+ _+ NSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river0 t3 O3 E0 w' N% K: o% \
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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% P1 C# |% J6 V7 [- W& P1 h& xBy The Canadian Press& f/ w9 w+ R: Q' ~* M7 J! G
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0 I8 R( i+ }2 f' u; \# t' L- VFORT 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.+ b! I: }9 N+ v
$ g$ b. J3 d5 v6 x3 y3 UThe 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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" R, ^ j! i9 ]' p* W9 EMcCabe 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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