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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river0 [8 v, d0 `4 W- b1 j% M! Q$ [
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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, B6 W/ r& |2 f! q. A, D% v! _By The Canadian Press7 S: g9 b) x$ Q8 a/ V
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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.7 O+ W+ q" ~" ]
- R) f( \* s5 G6 [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.5 S3 b# @6 c) h( n+ M
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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.3 O0 `0 j. M/ ]/ O
+ P$ d7 u0 O& x$ \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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" v% w7 V- I# l1 Y$ V/ X. `; CThe 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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