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% R- k: A1 r- DSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river' I8 t* Q0 E. y( V$ B% t
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM6 m$ a) @% [8 \. J5 a5 I
" W6 h1 {: f8 T3 q3 z- pBy The Canadian Press/ T6 J! ?2 e/ S3 b
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* T8 N2 P- y6 C2 V+ x- yFORT 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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W0 Q* d, u4 [+ ?5 ?5 Y. fThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.4 g: C8 L8 u+ s) D' a
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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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& F0 v4 N% Y) M6 `9 \Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River." E$ o( M" Z G* Z+ z8 r w H p
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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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, N$ L) k' D6 m7 l& |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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