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$ ]9 [) g9 a5 o0 K$ BSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river2 k3 a" v& C$ I
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7 C& R8 r2 c) p+ n9 mWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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2 z o# D7 z& h; LBy 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.
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7 w9 |# \9 o; F% t @4 u# rThe 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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1 b5 R% ~4 y4 u; Y5 ]/ qThe 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.' F( v# T" m! ~: _4 s% e6 W
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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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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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