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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river1 o6 |: ^) A M% ^+ G' x5 O
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- H4 o& E. O) X8 BWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press5 i% Z. l9 @2 H8 C
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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.( Z1 S+ k+ P0 Z4 l! ^
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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.
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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.- @8 H2 S* |9 R& h
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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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