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# Q. d( O% o1 V- D% }Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river8 ]7 _' A- J1 I) M1 i" P* ~% y
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM7 C; \% j# ^' Z1 z0 c0 f, i
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By The Canadian Press
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. o/ j1 l0 O2 x K' z7 s8 h0 y7 BFORT 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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& Q; P5 `0 {5 Z/ G1 J7 k. dThe 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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: x, I* H# N! R0 B- dThe 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.) X+ @$ V! G& s; b) i; B
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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.3 d% P5 @6 N: {' r; K. Z- H2 r/ P( x3 q
1 A' T1 Z- K$ _4 z, z U6 x+ g1 aMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.$ M0 T" [. ]; q% Y7 f7 b! ?) ~
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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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