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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river% W. t/ F t# R5 u+ \) F
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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$ F, T2 Z- f- ]: V* Y' S3 NBy The Canadian Press! g; r( @7 t* b! n8 s; ?+ R6 D
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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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: H) O! w# N) N2 TThe 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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% x$ ]) o; I- G$ g/ SMcCabe 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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