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; V" N* O7 f, B9 D& z; a2 nSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river1 P3 }% v; T2 D6 e$ `2 C
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM. j6 W; E7 H! Z2 ?& r7 t2 F/ 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.
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& B) u6 w: q; J% i/ O' MThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants." G, b9 ?& ]* b) U9 q. h
' r& H1 C' n3 a9 ~( T2 w" r) zThe 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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) T7 o. z/ n- J0 x, b6 ?Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River./ q# U4 O8 {+ Q. H+ P! Z
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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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