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3 I( @! \8 c4 w- o3 K# g; MSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river, p" ^# ~: O& B+ T* J
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By 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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7 P! {2 b% E. S; k+ ?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./ |0 k0 y, o( d H2 O, [: W
# B6 K/ r' c7 t& @$ h. i4 [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.% k, {( w9 `& l2 ^% ~' u
& [1 C3 B; C+ E# R: |; x! @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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# k+ A+ p2 D B! e/ l" \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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