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, f, j! K0 N, C) x7 q7 fSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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5 y* G1 h/ U9 U rWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM1 \6 z& i% n o6 y
/ p' z, |' O$ _2 f+ Q0 aBy The Canadian Press
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3 F% u, m9 J2 c8 B7 K4 w0 C7 S* tFORT 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.- X& V9 P# \! \, h
) r3 B8 g. O/ _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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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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