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2 c9 q4 z) Y; }- BSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river: A c, E6 G0 `/ d3 e9 t$ n% a
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- N1 X% u! l- X0 S' V; P4 OWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM2 C( d% n3 ^ O: `9 B: d
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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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9 c N; ?+ Q4 i% gThe 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( v4 p. F9 H6 X w+ V! W* x
$ F" X6 D# i& | K7 h5 l! c- NMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.5 O" t9 l/ [$ h3 M. P& [
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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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