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, H ?/ T) @- d) G$ O+ D1 PSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river# s3 k1 Y @ }$ |, X1 y( f
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM2 \/ U/ o3 S2 r9 T
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By The Canadian Press: c& |3 u1 P: I
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" L6 X$ c t; e/ c$ g$ MFORT 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.! q( O, S l! [! }) s |& _1 z# O
/ c4 d+ ~7 T1 e' a+ l8 `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.0 d- t3 C$ i: P! e @1 S; X; l
" W* W- T" y6 C. O2 xThe 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.+ `( J. b$ k4 _: S0 c* ~
7 ~$ ?0 }! a& @4 ?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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0 Y( x, o4 e/ V1 t5 C h/ IMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.0 M" V& q$ f" |
1 j) H9 a* I* `- p0 hThe 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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