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3 [/ h9 `: c4 R4 eSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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: S+ v7 h0 ^# l% e' x" [4 A* LWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press ]" J% k: c/ @5 u" S9 l
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( N0 J* B; y: PFORT 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.
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& \. X# i6 M7 ~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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/ w( Z5 c8 X9 M9 QEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.- F% E) |. s4 a" n2 b" y# @( }
+ `7 ~0 m* Q$ U! A5 jMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.. h7 s7 e0 k' `- |3 }
# U9 [; [6 E0 f' c1 _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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