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4 c+ Q' X8 q9 U( |Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river: d0 B6 W/ k' {$ c
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM9 H: P# o8 Z3 q
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By The Canadian Press7 U- f7 N: ^3 w$ S3 z
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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./ c1 Z, L4 Y, c3 W# q
3 w& @0 M4 k* {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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8 q! h0 G1 H( e, a& NThe 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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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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6 V7 X/ u) f9 H% g# KMcCabe 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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