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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river$ @: F9 T& r( h& ^/ a
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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% V) p1 \9 K6 D6 V) }0 n; gBy 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.
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2 e8 ~5 N+ `( sThe 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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' Q- t7 {: J f" S6 f6 J/ BThe 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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8 M! X1 |/ }. x: c3 {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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; f6 ^8 |9 |: X* GThe 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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