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1 \1 o5 t R/ _9 i' _Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM$ R8 J& l5 `4 Z! @$ j( Y1 l
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By The Canadian Press8 ~1 q4 s) _) u/ L5 X
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* N: V) {- u) @* hFORT 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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. z# W( W; O8 ?: c6 aThe 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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4 Q* A$ S* h3 a1 P7 w& 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.$ L# ?; c( H8 I7 [- U- |- b
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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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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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