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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river4 P" d& Z+ {- Z |) w
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM1 ^: W# D; Z: k6 u$ m; r+ p# R0 B
# t- A7 L% x8 f) Q7 bBy The Canadian Press" b8 x/ n$ n) D" z( c7 H; n
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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.7 x" ^" z6 p9 ~6 R# ]$ z
7 R6 L; E0 u& X: N% ^: {/ _/ r3 EThe 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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* [# T, @- F5 jThe 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.0 O8 d: x# U7 j* f; l- `, @ \4 B+ a0 B, U
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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.) b! {& J! F& w, H$ U9 h* W* S
& _) [, r, X& x) |# f, TThe 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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