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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river C# w% s& f9 c/ M# ^
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: u, h1 L& w8 R+ r. i" `. lWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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5 s2 t8 Z7 s7 ~# hBy 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.% G( D% ?' J1 y5 f6 o4 K( \
: M" b8 G" z) Y& x: D0 [' s' }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.6 H, t; I+ B' x! G- H( [& _
7 N0 M( Q3 R' v( j y. T7 x! ?6 nThe 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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7 w' J/ r5 n' W/ I) ?/ LEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.3 _+ w, G1 l) g
. g- \. R+ ?- \0 q% [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.+ o; R8 T$ ~+ N- |9 E
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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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