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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river/ Q6 o0 g% B- |. k
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[* S# D* s9 D, C( l/ n6 M9 W2 x. WWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM6 E9 D6 I# f* e
0 l' E7 M: a1 D/ @5 [' h. k* xBy 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." `/ L+ U- t+ Z
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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./ ]' | m; J) E' o3 ^' x9 v
, q4 x# O; s4 }1 h4 s. ~6 sEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River., |& S9 j+ ?% d
4 e, ~) s- O7 j: x5 a$ kMcCabe 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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' w. `/ v2 y. e$ |5 V8 p& d* kThe 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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