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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river* \! \" f$ P. z; M9 U' p! X9 ~
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM O& v% ]4 `) `' d$ P \
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By The Canadian Press
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! S1 J( T% q5 R2 S2 V% P( F" iFORT 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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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.! @% g! p8 b/ @3 R8 h
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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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2 J6 A g, \* `0 {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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