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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river& p* K( z9 m$ U4 Z
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM& i# ~6 G# z: E1 D0 l. Z% K/ @
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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.6 ], u9 e( D8 ]) g& L! x8 _5 k
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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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0 _/ e0 }) d* U: [: N: qEnvironment 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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5 T+ P1 C8 @* P' ~( P4 `) qMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river., r/ w; y, S1 P/ f" v
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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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