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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river* C3 `0 ?9 x* z8 D
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" h5 Z5 p) F# H8 f2 hWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM* ~) s7 c) w0 R" C3 _! x
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By The Canadian Press
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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.5 O+ ^3 v, J0 T! C! \$ d
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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.& `- G6 B/ [' c8 L+ H' B# `
- u; R2 q/ C3 e' B DEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River." z( V6 V! t9 A6 A+ O% J
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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., G( W4 D+ }* N7 V0 P2 Y5 | N2 j1 ~
- I# o" S1 h Z4 Z# B8 KThe 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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