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% [% j# V4 y( w7 h; jSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river* [% o7 r' n) p( C
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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- X7 D* d4 x' I0 [5 }8 HFORT 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.+ _7 L3 V7 x2 r
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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.
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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 [# T, P* f: O9 @! A9 a3 X# VEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.; a) r: s3 {$ ~2 L8 Y- _
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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.5 l, Q& M* M( g; s: d5 W
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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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