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& U. E% _* @& d. c! w& gSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM5 ]9 f. f( ]6 J% E' p! i
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By The Canadian Press5 f& T5 r6 ?" Z8 S) f9 C
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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.( E6 F9 A) w8 K/ }
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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." k+ A/ l9 `4 @
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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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' R9 N( ^* N$ W4 \ ?5 j' f8 sThe 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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