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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river7 c. p4 x0 U7 _9 c( |$ C
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM! t& y5 o, l5 ]. n7 A1 u
q3 j- {# Z! Q& j0 \7 vBy The Canadian Press0 H2 D- H3 u+ W5 e, K! W
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1 L9 c* T5 ~) E+ X( JFORT 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.* p1 G6 M# B$ s2 C4 r0 z% T5 b0 j
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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.
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6 E+ L- o# y2 S, wThe 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." A0 W' P- |% `) X& _
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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.
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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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