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; U, }1 \5 b! b4 Z: D; [Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river l: l7 Q% ^* c! g$ |) w
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6 c0 M$ n0 G/ y: x' VWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM8 j$ X7 r! L7 V2 S
: K6 H0 z! L( Z% [* KBy The Canadian Press
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! u/ P6 ^% d0 h/ [5 pFORT 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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* r8 q' c' t! Y- x7 [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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$ A5 b: j( }8 [+ ~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.4 S2 l+ Q: G# B4 j4 s- Y9 R* @- g
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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.. B0 d9 u+ [7 }
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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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