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( v4 b% w0 x' W% T5 J) \7 n5 |Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river6 R3 w1 l6 r @7 i' B1 Z5 Z
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/ T4 t I* W2 r* z9 f8 ZWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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! `+ E( \1 F, Q" \2 BBy The Canadian Press# ^! m2 |7 D& Y0 g3 p% p0 E
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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.
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7 Q9 k$ ]5 D, {: n2 c$ q* iThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants., T8 u+ _- C' t& u6 [- o$ B& n
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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.+ W0 X4 X. \9 o
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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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: F9 g0 q1 E8 Q& q; x* e1 ^ yThe 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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