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, k3 Y* y7 w9 D" V- SSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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- q" t9 ?/ r$ y, ]3 M2 sWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM& B, ^; D: j+ M" ^! ^
; q5 A5 V- @9 E4 v; FBy The Canadian Press, \! p K" ^" E* Q
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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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* G" N8 k5 R& p, ]$ H. J2 y, 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.2 o$ `* f! |9 g0 D; q4 Y2 h
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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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7 A, Q) w' F4 ]" B3 R% l$ jEnvironment 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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0 B, i. P# P( E. G1 w8 wMcCabe 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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