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/ |! [# j- f% s# W6 `9 Q5 bSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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4 ]7 Z+ l6 U5 O( LWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press- j* _2 W3 `* B
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; @% P3 e5 m+ p7 O5 N wFORT 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.
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5 ~, r% f6 _# ]& j- D. sThe 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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; ^; n& F$ u& L; A, F( A% VEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.& Q: u' H' S( O; Z
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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.
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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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