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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river' Q) j6 {) N! S2 |7 r
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7 ]/ {2 I Q% o3 n7 l% l5 QWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM* V6 R* M; R4 N
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By The Canadian Press$ t- I4 g7 `% [3 K8 q1 r, y) `
ADVERTISEMENT0 U1 c h9 {1 `0 `: |; C* \
0 c- p( e! _8 y, b3 U4 {4 y$ p, jFORT 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.% O. | g" A, T( z/ p& m
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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.9 o+ f, w1 S) k9 b
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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./ W6 n7 \( n( I4 W( [
: t! z$ O; L8 A% \5 a6 f8 u9 _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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+ |, g" I H# ?; k" @2 `! {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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