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5 `* i: h; {2 }' D D8 e0 qSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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2 J4 c/ {" x! f% t: G8 BWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM7 Z' o3 z. D& f
/ z: |- l9 N8 BBy The Canadian Press
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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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* j e5 j& ~) i- l* Z- 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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. @. N' k+ W0 C" }" G: UThe 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.- G8 z' P# `7 R8 M
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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.. j% Y9 n7 Q O3 B! a
" u3 P9 G! j' mMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.# S* F4 T" K, N
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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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