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# n6 o2 V3 v0 w, q" Y! \7 vSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river# h$ B0 p; Q) W2 F$ ~! O
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0 I. y: X& S* B9 r# X" tWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM0 p* H- D4 _" z; j* N# y8 O
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By The Canadian Press+ I* t1 x9 S' [: h7 }
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9 K& [* @! D2 k: g0 NFORT 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.5 ^" R% q4 x; a
8 L5 A( l6 j k: W4 w' m A; u1 A! _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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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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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River./ s# S' F3 s6 r5 N8 M7 D
7 t; z+ N4 H4 q7 a' o5 p3 }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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