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7 D% m& M0 p, q3 \: i3 a) R0 NSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river, H) w+ w1 Q) F( C% J; t
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM4 W( A. t+ i1 e: I
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By The Canadian Press+ V0 N/ V! n H( n8 u. U0 L8 w
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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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, i. R- R4 R% H$ @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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: t! ^# L$ H) ~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. S+ Z5 s$ ~# d3 q1 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.3 i5 {1 ]# [ \& q; @
! p @; T2 T4 t. g) f, j$ s+ T) qThe 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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