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+ K3 K" Q8 T, \Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM( D- p. E o$ X$ Q+ `/ |. Z: y0 u
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By The Canadian Press
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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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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.; t1 a2 q: _6 E* T% [ F
' {/ { p" w! c2 B5 E$ }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.# M" d" D) T( p |; U! G
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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.
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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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+ Y% Z% r ~1 D# g, h( q+ 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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