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( V2 S0 A: R* D8 jSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river0 n4 J* v8 G/ G8 H+ J/ P' c
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( m# R2 A9 x/ W2 K/ }% y! W5 Y" |Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM4 r9 g- z$ ` K, }5 K
4 U, H8 C; @% E- d: {- ~# T0 T0 o. z4 [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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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.# ~, }% @6 g7 J' |4 x; k
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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 z) H3 i4 P9 o o+ O: H) U+ ~9 I
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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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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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3 Y' a6 X0 v5 t5 ?5 }: D BThe 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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