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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river$ i! P' i& m3 u. Y
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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3 T- |( T6 ~+ X8 m& K) [ Z) JBy The Canadian Press9 Q F5 }8 x N5 u/ u' D- G" F
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) o. e- y( l7 U; p- GFORT 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.. w1 C1 ^6 E0 C
# x) r8 A* q1 p( c! GThe 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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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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