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- P9 H% l. e. o, _* s, PSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river6 \; v$ @( X, l* A9 o$ k
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( _; D- U: {" z' O( L% {0 dWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM- `3 P3 q( n9 I8 L6 F' _
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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.5 W( U; ]; a, g
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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.3 u2 q' b) r- g. q, y% y
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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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( y1 h( Y+ t/ e% a1 @2 z7 E9 R# S. tEnvironment 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.1 l1 z: Z5 M- \
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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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