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, e0 C3 a/ C9 @Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river3 R+ ] ]3 p. W- _+ F
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM0 S! y' }! y/ y! r! ^5 a
$ ?- U% ^% A& i0 Q+ |9 KBy 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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( L/ ?# A1 _% h, M( X, D4 g% r1 gThe 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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6 o/ u0 h7 \# n c3 S! S! eThe 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.# C2 Z5 {) [. s/ |1 j# D
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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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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.9 h7 P+ x7 r" N, u
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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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