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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river" {! i7 [3 J+ ~
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM* N5 r& u8 V4 Z5 m: c
( a0 K& E& n5 h. `) s3 Y* ?! dBy 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.; J% ?( t) l9 V+ l/ E9 g8 T4 ?
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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.5 S+ i0 l: }9 \ g+ m/ O6 k+ e, d
2 m7 z" b/ [9 k( `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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0 Z- F4 Y1 ]$ q n9 K3 [# Z7 bEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River., h; v" d! n& H0 o& z5 g
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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." |4 [9 R0 K& b% w; v8 v9 d
2 d1 J3 A; U ^" c- g2 nThe 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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