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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river! A: H5 u, Y0 J: K& [& [- {9 Y! k
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM$ x( |' q* w, T- M5 G# k% f4 c
& ] v# r0 z* |- f. {By The Canadian Press
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& W1 S# j H6 [/ SFORT 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., F/ m4 Y" S+ Y! Y
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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.: v2 J& Q8 ~, T3 X, M
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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.
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o/ `, z2 E' j) f3 T2 mThe 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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