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* t2 D7 \# d" v# Y0 f5 m8 G6 F: uSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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# E& h' X d8 l) X1 ^Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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& e* O# I6 W p; f7 bBy The Canadian Press
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: _4 c4 C# \; K6 gFORT 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.3 n) Y0 B% d5 b
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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., D4 q3 r1 i6 ~* W/ A, Y
. G; {8 k" J3 YThe 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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$ Z' a' T" C+ b$ `6 n* PEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River. [: d5 F& Q. c' c$ U, e& h
/ }/ w2 E* }8 a* I z/ [# [% i' yMcCabe 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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! ]! J J# \0 _3 dThe 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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