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, {+ p5 O E' w3 ]) `4 `Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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" A" Z$ x" e$ P/ gWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press0 x" |8 z0 L3 g& @! B
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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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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.; c, q" i9 |; ?) b1 z. J& 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.% _) U5 p+ ]: N8 y
" k5 D# ?. V& {9 s t+ s( x; h1 xEnvironment 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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3 J2 B, m) p, N8 K4 O4 I( P/ 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.
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: b# M! |1 w8 z9 _3 S! |% l+ SThe 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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