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( |6 {" |# m% U5 B) VSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river& B' v1 k! ?/ E8 l8 ^' h5 A) g5 ^
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM+ y6 Z+ A9 }: O% I8 t
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By The Canadian Press0 ^9 v8 p8 d6 h6 E/ I
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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.
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. c/ Z- g4 W; S5 zThe 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." d% m' f6 m+ T' }8 ?" U
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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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' Z7 u2 I, F; c7 c3 z4 E% LMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river. x6 o; S; }' }0 O4 V
* `4 C; o8 {. K6 N4 i& l' \0 \( YThe 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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