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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river! g. o/ ]# o* E& D0 q
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0 P' W- i9 J% i+ S8 UWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM' v; D; u4 n1 N
, d2 r3 b1 ^$ z; t$ p+ fBy The Canadian Press
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& P3 z8 V- Y4 ~7 }; j- IFORT 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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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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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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6 ~6 ]7 i) v: G: T, G2 T- GMcCabe 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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