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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM/ a0 F3 d" T" X6 j5 l
5 F$ h B, H, n4 t. I; W8 YBy The Canadian Press" `" U6 Z! p: q8 K
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% g. [; s7 x0 J/ NFORT 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.1 O3 _: x9 M( v% U3 P( _+ U3 u5 }
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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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) ^7 x; ~, x m. PThe 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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- _; n! J- p- W6 J9 \. xMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.6 `3 [% M5 A4 I. @
. t. I# r2 h" ^+ X1 NThe 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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