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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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, `" r9 C) }( B. 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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7 B4 \( ~$ E }! \) |+ H; 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.: J, g* a! F6 O9 R9 y
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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.2 T- A! T3 K; ]5 Z# z' v6 j6 P
6 l9 h6 r* S# B" i4 ]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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