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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river* |8 x& q8 l/ ]2 e5 \1 ?& o3 C
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press) ?% d% H9 Q W! [
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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.( u+ b& Q0 h6 w8 j1 Q+ ]
+ @% o. O8 R8 F" \6 k% RThe 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.6 P* z7 g! c; \& B$ }2 b& [2 p8 N }
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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.: j: L3 V9 k4 z2 M G1 k# @
, L+ ?8 j, Z5 L/ e! \- X/ `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 t/ |% S: j% ^; @9 i" E
1 |3 E( @$ U2 B# [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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