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5 @! w0 Z8 \. p+ n+ i2 r7 n' }/ I) FSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river% ^' b/ y$ B7 I8 J8 ~9 G, B7 t! m
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM k. h, r5 v- b, z
8 c! k, q ~# w6 jBy The Canadian Press1 r1 V( x4 x9 N" m3 G, l6 L
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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.
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4 O1 b% W! c: NThe 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.# D( L: v' @" Y$ U5 ]
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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.: w! J4 c! `( Z4 G; y
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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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