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- U+ o; \/ G: U3 J' L% G+ t! JSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river7 ]7 g3 R) T3 w- y8 N* V
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6 q) c# H6 T2 Q% mWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press0 l4 Y2 u9 S: E! a7 [8 N
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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.% {& i i8 n4 ~) }
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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.* c4 E# w6 {& _- T7 R. M' T5 ~6 M
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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., j2 F2 n3 g. k2 a; V
9 u+ q! O, Z6 ~7 LMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.$ |. ^- _: s/ `/ c
- p! r7 R$ `+ T2 ?8 T CThe 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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