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' d( Z% [* {4 l: u0 h5 \8 YSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river1 n9 A9 G2 P* R3 {6 w ?; H6 ?
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press0 ^5 o4 u0 r( b3 h" H
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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.' ]8 s0 b( Q( @( T& j7 y
* a6 y5 y$ ^3 e4 a) L# `8 HThe 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.
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& [9 {: h+ n: Y5 s, qMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.# K L& E' P* v- [. h2 l
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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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