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. A! v; p4 Y4 ]* c' u7 NSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river6 }1 `; R2 I: s% v
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4 {, k# U4 h% o: G& tWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM! _- T) t' m. H& C3 ~. V% V( d( ~% l
4 J; ?$ W1 _- u3 qBy The Canadian Press
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! f+ J8 b) ^ e7 NFORT 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.% o( H1 ]( l4 a
( F+ {6 I4 s& VThe 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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! i+ h) W4 ~7 s( KEnvironment 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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S5 r+ S9 V1 i8 d7 A: \. mMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.1 B& j$ }, Y6 k
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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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