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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river& {* L( H% e, f6 \& I
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM, W5 _- ^7 ]/ ~9 ]' X
8 z& n2 e F9 K1 F* CBy 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.! X! y" R$ `/ }1 M$ ~
/ G6 i2 e: Y5 x& H; F) NThe 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.- |( w; W, f1 `* g- j
7 T& R) o, Z& O, ], `Environment 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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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., K& ]4 E$ D0 y b9 W+ S3 Z# C3 S2 y' |
& p U$ m5 ~5 s: q; S1 k4 GThe 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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