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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river3 K' q2 ?" B* r8 r! P
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# T& W: e6 m l, RWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM$ G! L0 A1 n7 T# a9 R1 J2 V* b
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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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- O9 M" ?+ D1 h' v; ]7 pThe 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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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.5 m" t5 j0 D) r
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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.+ Q) m2 a# h4 {% Y6 ]; y1 K
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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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