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+ C& c) D {0 e# b1 |- BSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river* V6 K) L' ]! V+ M0 }: @) D
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2 @% |8 ?- q, S7 r& bWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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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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; c& {" T$ e) ]' A, nThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.( i+ e* L0 C3 E: q M' t0 ` D8 ~+ A
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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.4 }6 r( i1 e, n
. V* j, B0 o* jEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.5 V/ V" T" @) J) ?) l
4 r1 T) D2 C* w0 ?" F! }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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; `: \/ R( u4 }4 x0 sThe 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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