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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river( R2 l. q! T( `
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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- X9 j2 y% o! x' c ABy The Canadian Press
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8 m1 ?% D7 t6 }! H8 N7 q6 ~+ qFORT 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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1 D1 O( L, T3 n, ^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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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./ ]+ r, B8 n r# B
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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.* o5 W8 J: M% x1 Z8 _1 P
+ l) r7 `1 H0 ]2 {4 pThe 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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