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& o2 ~& I$ Q% ]" P0 ISuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river$ ^4 @0 n* ~3 y F1 u9 L% o( }
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# i' |, y6 J* F$ U% qWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM. W6 `) V, H0 R1 p/ ~" Z
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By The Canadian Press
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- t8 k# Y# W6 uFORT 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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# o7 a# k5 e9 D, L% o2 V5 ?7 kThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.. u! T' ^) k+ u 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.
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0 R+ |* z3 a0 X5 }& MEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.. `: ^ h: V6 {
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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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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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