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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river: _5 Q! b: S$ W
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM- h) j3 _4 B1 b1 t& K
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By The Canadian Press
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( b7 f5 s, p2 h+ [: QFORT 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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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.1 m) v }8 p1 F; m7 F0 d& \0 I
$ D9 b: _9 Y+ }9 CEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.( q2 X# y$ f, i7 f& 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.# L5 D0 P2 `8 E \: L
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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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