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% y2 t- P% E$ eSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river8 W6 w- n# L4 i9 _, ^
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/ g1 x" R$ T- x/ _2 zWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM E8 ^1 I" D) ^
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By The Canadian Press7 j% y' k0 P: m3 K7 j3 j9 H
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5 K6 o- ~4 g7 J9 ^& }6 k1 K0 @) D4 q- wFORT 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.3 ?: k8 K( p; H3 {( _, S. }) U
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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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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.; Q2 {: n+ Y$ w0 Y. D
- f9 r: z: x' [6 p7 vMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river./ W! }$ g6 Q T
1 C( }; W: h1 S. }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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