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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river- ^5 F% D* \- o% E' f
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM& B# Z; X" C( x0 \ Z, Y8 e% ?
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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.( j- T: r, D7 E& ~2 W6 U
: M8 ~( D3 f rThe 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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% F" s- ^: C# m$ T. VThe 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.
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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.' s/ ]1 B# N/ a' |7 Z. y4 t% O
9 q- Z0 T0 ^6 k1 t9 G tThe 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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