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+ p4 a. j/ e7 n% Y( C' GSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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3 D9 w+ X3 k+ R* R/ xWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM& c- {( q& Y P" T! @" c5 u# X1 o" s9 B0 w
0 S- q$ b/ U }9 E9 j1 iBy The Canadian Press
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# ]6 ^9 B4 R2 J! f7 x E% ]9 KFORT 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.3 P! q' o5 o9 m1 R H
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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.
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$ s( h* {8 I$ ]% V G3 ?6 [% y. wEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River./ D& b3 R! T( {( @% P
3 @5 v& _8 L: M* O3 V8 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.1 ?# L. W% U2 m) `' [
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The 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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