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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river0 x2 t- I& t% g* e% N0 c" y" e
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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: A3 F4 w0 h: \$ t, \4 t$ ]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.7 F" U/ _5 e7 l- B( r9 H
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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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, R$ N, [1 x3 @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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" ?6 G7 Q& k" q# l+ O, tEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.0 b1 a/ f- N" N0 `
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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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