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. u- |2 L3 ], x8 E8 u0 dSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river) M' s1 \( L: K2 F. @
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM7 j! q% [: x2 M7 @( _/ T! z
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By The Canadian Press
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6 q: ^5 U' b8 z" L0 o! @FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU) and two of its contractors are headed to court next month after being charged with dumping partially-treated sewage from two work camps into a northern Alberta river.- P1 c# a2 f4 g7 Z
# ?5 C9 [, N1 {, c- ~! uThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.& {( M; R5 _' R0 p* R& u
2 m' p" }0 }1 `( j, U" W8 iThe charges laid last year under Alberta's Environmental Protection Act include failing to properly treat wastewater and providing false or misleading information to the environment ministry.
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+ i \) P0 E2 \. y9 v* @& [Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.( L/ R1 n, f: E
; e& ?, I; w" q2 i( f' k0 yMcCabe 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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