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6 i; b4 e% s4 n4 c9 w# o( q+ W" q wSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river& i+ r# e& D; D0 O* t
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2 Q- x) y0 c& {8 x* H8 ~/ K/ Y7 k) GWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM8 q& S9 b" h7 a1 A. K+ Q5 P o
8 p4 @) P9 J! q- Y! _' BBy The Canadian Press, q) L6 I4 ]$ E
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# D3 X/ {$ D9 l; |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.1 J! u3 J* q/ z
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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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1 k0 k! U! R4 d8 d' O" `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.3 y' t/ G* y- G6 L- I
3 k( J% ~- r8 H2 S5 f$ a4 y0 _# {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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