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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river" l; R& n4 U3 h/ m0 n
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I7 t% f m& z% p/ g* Q9 k( iWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM5 M/ R+ R' W. M$ o
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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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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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, P- U5 a' x0 ]/ M9 ~; v/ J3 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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/ k+ e" D) V4 l, mEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.7 w. O$ j9 u( u, e/ D7 A# H/ h) J
. R0 e7 E2 j/ f3 f7 rMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.% L9 e. Z& v9 |3 `4 I# w
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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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