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: L1 f4 ~) [" FSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river* ~( W+ _$ g% m, E4 e
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: W* W9 i7 D8 i' J! x/ @& OWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM$ E: V" A# |; U2 C
1 ]: `& B, @. g" x8 |By The Canadian Press) L6 Z) |; t* W5 a0 U
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) h7 w% `4 _ E8 F7 iFORT 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.0 |+ c; E, P5 i9 o& V; q
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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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# _- J6 d: Z2 x3 [1 oThe 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.) C+ Y( R( R3 b5 g) L0 V
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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.& i4 J H" ?6 X. ?
5 L) c) V: N' z3 a% jThe 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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