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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river6 L F1 @5 L8 l! n2 X7 G# g/ _
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( p: b# ^5 u0 c' uWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM) `2 C# G5 A* s7 H# t$ ]& M
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By The Canadian Press( J2 m& T- Y3 M
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. c( Z4 J* D! VFORT 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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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.& p( M* X8 _! L; g; K
0 n; S( M7 h- v2 oThe 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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$ l9 n0 u' O% J; l5 m% d: fMcCabe 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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2 W- c# o" R# Y. uThe 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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