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$ e) P v. p' ?Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river1 P$ n8 i1 V1 }3 M+ G2 Y- n
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- e# W* l$ J3 y" I. m1 b: S9 |Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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8 d' q% ^( r: k8 A$ FFORT 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.# X4 ?* \! O, d& y
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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. a; `8 U4 U& p/ Z
& ?+ |+ @4 ~# D PThe 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. g" I3 l9 \6 P$ g1 `
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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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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.
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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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