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3 q( k) F5 ?. k6 g7 }Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river8 @% B# o7 K( m+ I
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6 y$ t( E! p8 b: QWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM2 L# Q. a# w. `! e/ f
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By 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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" B! U+ `/ u; n% n1 cThe 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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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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0 V2 i; i+ w9 K6 SEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.+ ]" r4 `4 [% J) E# }4 m8 l1 R
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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. F! Q: }$ T+ r. r; V
1 c7 D, T' z# R6 L, r+ X: [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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