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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river; A& Y* `7 T: u( f1 W
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM% D0 r- n; f- L, J
! f7 j: R0 D# |8 W6 _/ JBy The Canadian Press P! i) `- a: P; M$ e0 l2 ~ w
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6 b \% A5 [+ 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.% U5 h' K3 R8 {) g" ]& z% L6 O
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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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$ z. l# q! }3 c# D0 [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./ A) R9 F% ^# |
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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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3 m) z: i9 \2 {) x4 RMcCabe 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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* e# B# M( a2 x8 r3 R! D4 P2 gThe 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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