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* h2 m; R& V. @7 d9 [Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river2 j; A+ C3 S. U4 Z7 D+ X
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8 X' G) I# d+ J/ r: @Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press/ g2 h- @# W8 b* u4 N
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5 v) X" \+ x' I* k LFORT 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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) a! I2 n/ v# B: e# oThe 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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- H: _) i8 g" J4 F/ ]' yThe 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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0 Y) u+ J; ?) b; Y, JEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.4 s6 Y! N g8 S2 h2 k5 U1 r4 h2 n
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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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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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