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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river# v6 Y1 t; l1 Y$ k* O, l2 u, I
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM( o: U* x) m- Z& T
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By The Canadian Press w) {: u6 C0 W3 F* D" {! v4 o
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- x# h% P b4 Q) t. W3 O+ q3 |" @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.
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9 ]0 E3 w) ]: IThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.; I% ]; V* X3 m* @: `. y
+ Z! Z) o6 s; L t2 y0 Q% a$ i, aThe 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 w) Y5 d* x ?) f/ Q8 B# REnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.: P; w% o( o. M* [
. j" E+ z% P. o4 U. m! ~ S4 \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.2 {( k) |8 R E" r. G
6 i! N. a+ V+ d6 `8 Z; DThe 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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