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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river* h3 I8 u( G2 b
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4 u' j; ^" r$ G( j- T9 WWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM+ S# \- A' Z- `+ m
- I! B9 \ O" |By 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.
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. c1 M: _; h/ V4 P" J r/ g! TThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.7 s2 O; j3 S0 ?& x2 e$ s( f
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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.; B3 n+ d0 S8 \2 u. h0 B3 y7 r
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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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