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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river. W& P: `$ P0 H) N, h( Y, U1 P4 P
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Wed 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.+ \* V% A0 [$ `2 ]
, p4 e% ?3 `/ X, X* kThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.3 k% s- T( {! O) w
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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.8 ~4 s- a- D$ m0 W% d
; g% b6 D% B; k) j) p6 K+ @# h. ^' YEnvironment 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.
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+ J! u6 e% G# S0 `4 @7 @6 [' |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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