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- W* i+ v, x2 VSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river+ B8 E$ Z, @0 R6 X1 c# U$ o; X
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' C' B' A9 ~7 U6 N2 AWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM2 |8 P# s1 f* ?1 p+ I* ^
( p% H% C( [& S Z5 \' UBy The Canadian Press
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( z q, D$ _* G; O9 b1 J- v2 QFORT 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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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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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.$ ?5 H& F* u: S5 X: [: b
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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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, X! t8 L/ `# E: o" Y+ ^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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