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/ ]+ t# s" u3 x3 J8 oSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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A8 x2 l) ^1 EWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM( \* { @& }" k
8 g7 t4 O/ _( m4 M/ Z$ XBy The Canadian Press
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: r7 O- W8 n/ O, _" _, t" LFORT 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.9 v2 Q$ u- j; f0 M1 {
% S/ r" T' P) [, v* iThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.! D, R$ \2 L$ p5 ?3 O
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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.0 _. D" |: T0 F+ t2 q7 o
+ A- Q$ n1 ^6 P) q$ ], B$ KMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.( X% m5 j ~: ]$ J# H' b2 }: g
3 a5 i$ G' |; Y1 u. Z7 qThe 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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