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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river% P; `; M- s3 j% J$ d
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM" R- M8 A% e. u& |5 Q0 i* L6 x
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By The Canadian Press9 E/ i0 f7 Y% k# k. y8 J5 o( U
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) @4 d. d% x# e! y9 l7 Z0 {- NFORT 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.0 z2 u3 M4 H& S3 b2 d
. }2 Z: {; G8 x' w3 w* Z( YThe 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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& @, f- ^8 K k/ G& S+ HThe 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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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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8 \& r$ ] Z" z6 J3 v* {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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