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( [8 }6 e$ m r0 C1 y/ GSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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' D8 f. Q4 ]- |% fWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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# `4 k" B* e! `" V0 {& UBy The Canadian Press, p( P8 U! c, U+ I* k; ^; I
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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.& C D& y8 E6 o- W
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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.
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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.; y1 k) n4 m% l B3 I
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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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, x* E: U8 x1 \8 t/ UMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.2 a3 U$ V+ C% E- a) Y5 M. w! ^
( q$ E0 b' `& cThe 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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