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0 X8 _) k) c% p6 u# {Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river3 m+ |1 c) l: J& d
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM" Q9 l, g' A' D9 R+ U
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By The Canadian Press" v/ a/ f ?: P" Z; {1 J
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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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4 F, ~' `/ Y% o4 N0 f$ d2 k" B' 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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! \9 ~7 \2 b, P: B+ z/ h8 rEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.4 c8 H/ `8 u' R( r' o3 A
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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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8 c* V3 J# {. p! vThe 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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