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" r& ?* D, x5 jSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river+ X, q @/ x) n# ]6 U X) R
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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0 w2 f+ g o1 l. z3 j/ fBy The Canadian Press# E2 p. m/ {9 H& t
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4 f" A3 F* k1 ^' u3 ~; g; A( zFORT 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.0 v) v' ?: m, v3 x- i: d7 d1 y6 a
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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.
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: D$ j0 q" r# l 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.
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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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