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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river0 L& s- `1 Y" a
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# I& J: S7 O+ ]. ?; MWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM2 i% y, {7 ]. l& I6 ` P1 j
4 n- i5 n2 O5 t; O! N7 e8 D, pBy 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.' S1 l) q2 H5 M$ I/ d8 b
6 K" t/ _5 L5 ?- p8 ^1 GThe 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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7 F& C7 q" Q+ G \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.- N5 K# O F. ]0 n8 }3 @, l
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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., J/ t, M( q: r( K! X, S. }7 K
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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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% l" A. q" x/ [7 C1 RThe 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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