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0 g$ l. L5 `; X8 b2 B5 i! QSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river# W/ H" ?, z$ a. w' r) @; i
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM; A2 B% R0 j; w6 z! l
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By The Canadian Press
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! a/ E- A g6 l( T0 u: iFORT 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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+ M2 x; t M+ X# G! A0 qThe 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. m: X7 L xThe 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.% B" o o( \& x% c; g
" o5 N8 p5 O6 l2 m: O$ c$ VEnvironment 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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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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