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, A/ z/ b4 u* }1 Q( t( q& |7 iSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river9 A# E" k1 h' P1 X2 k
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM5 h+ H$ ~6 r6 N8 `- l
2 G2 E" o v' l# |; ?By The Canadian Press- v! t6 x6 ~9 `) a$ F5 g8 W* ~
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/ a! i+ c5 s( S u; U9 JFORT 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. ]: M8 m2 S5 o& \: Y3 h
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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.
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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.# `5 ?5 a2 U) F
; M, G% R+ t2 a' N* X! qThe 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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