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: c; F' \" o8 K. x5 fSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river/ U- ~8 W4 e s
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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1 p/ @. \- h! e4 F# \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.6 z, c) I6 X% a$ Y
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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.. E! Q; ]* w" ?. S- m
J+ o* p" U4 d5 q! e* m0 e |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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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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4 C# t; X, l' D1 u# M4 gMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.7 Y1 b6 Y _6 A, Y# `
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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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