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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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8 J1 \ n' q7 M2 m FWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM0 \2 N" m* `. R3 c
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By The Canadian Press
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& ]% m) k# x7 e. d M6 I: S" _6 LFORT 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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: N1 K6 ]1 B! g: C8 N- ?+ hThe 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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5 s. y0 c2 A" x" ^/ c# ~& |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.
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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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! {- P3 x9 ~6 [- \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./ B6 ^; x5 E: |2 S n# D
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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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