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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river4 A: {7 P6 i0 L$ X2 i3 [' J
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press) ]9 o# s/ R K* I& k
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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.0 O$ A, e+ ?# |0 V; V
0 v; w9 W) x# N7 X. DThe 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.
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" O1 d3 g) p) |# l9 p* EEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River./ r5 n& t$ C& c* e! \
# {! J5 E: f# h7 xMcCabe 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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