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8 s8 O8 ]1 `1 B, r! nSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river3 s, y3 f5 @" v
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) F& c3 C; X3 v: uWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM: ^4 F( e: g; ]" A- G K
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By The Canadian Press
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* V% B1 _6 [* l, p/ D" D% D7 |' mFORT 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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6 D6 y- v! u9 G5 K& [) E$ A6 {3 vThe 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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; p j g Y B1 ~" Y$ U; 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.7 \' _( ?5 N- v9 r
t/ [( \4 U6 nEnvironment 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 k0 X: L* S; F1 OMcCabe 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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0 r3 t6 d H2 f/ oThe 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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