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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river" V! L% z! y E! d1 }
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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# A" V* U* H& @7 mBy The Canadian Press x9 Z& r t" U1 |+ G- e% P$ I
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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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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 a9 P/ ~ w+ l2 D: B, xThe 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.: O8 A( y* ]* o% i% P, L2 D3 G, I
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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.+ M K( K1 c: h
* I, \( p: m2 o4 ?5 J9 ?4 xMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.5 O$ i! B0 N! y( V* J) Q: Q2 w
) p1 |0 J3 t. M: k/ o# LThe 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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