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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river$ _1 T( O4 P1 r
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM K1 }- u* y; f* d$ p- u2 y& R
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1 o* n) X/ T/ Z0 e3 F6 n5 \8 KFORT 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.4 J* L, R/ q/ ^/ V) L7 u% l4 T
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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.9 Z9 z( a3 Z. M$ L. j* W1 z
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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.- A% d0 `9 {3 a! P
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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.$ |6 ~9 ]" }7 o" _
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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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