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# Z/ F! O6 o$ v* n: CSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river6 j. q* _1 n+ k) r1 E
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! c6 a3 D1 y4 [4 C$ D- m5 IWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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9 V; {6 C3 O$ b- r# g( l9 V9 |By The Canadian Press
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- e: H+ ?7 A: ^/ i2 h$ E4 y; p# rFORT 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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4 }! D1 q7 A7 G; B* W8 EThe 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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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.
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4 M G Z' ?" L5 a9 ~( ZEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River. s+ G2 v5 b, K/ h; C! D, Q
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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. g3 l' l3 O- ~) h, r: X0 Q. w
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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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