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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river# h2 r3 q9 | A# V
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/ S- q: i J% D9 l/ PWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM: h' \3 o f! z8 R; x
4 M; c6 x5 a1 L, XBy 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.2 h8 c1 V. B8 ^: c1 n* Q3 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.- f0 ?: H* b2 ^& L
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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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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.9 q& x$ O! D8 y1 j
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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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0 e7 z% t6 k$ D; Z$ a& bThe 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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