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( H9 M* q7 N8 i* ^" X8 x1 MSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river# R$ l( W# `2 ?$ X6 d* p
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM1 H0 P, ~7 d/ S
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By The Canadian Press& S S# g6 B. i1 u
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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 ?5 `5 V% Q& c/ N& f, Q$ v
; @4 |) r' I9 H" [+ ]$ Y% qThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.; N# |( o1 h0 ~7 G; {
; o: e6 |% S' E6 f9 X1 RThe 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.
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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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