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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river+ `4 r: X7 t: M' D( a
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% P9 C2 P& X! W6 I: C! b/ TWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM0 j6 G$ B4 b& t4 @" p, x
+ d! |6 F8 U. m7 Z8 Q6 C5 ZBy 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.
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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.9 ^, r/ E5 A( c' {- q
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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.; J" r, U! N7 X; K+ \
( u. {, d$ @# g5 J1 aEnvironment 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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) D2 a- G8 q5 m: a) y0 EMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.0 h! I* h. h y7 E9 f" a3 F
# R) d5 M+ K$ l# w* mThe 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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