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" V9 ~# o6 i. MSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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u% [( _; z/ l( v/ e" ?$ dWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM0 | q6 o# Y# k! X! `( m; u2 L7 b
" a, l6 _0 e; o; x7 PBy The Canadian Press2 o/ }' e* T0 l) l1 W" I+ n* P2 B
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3 d1 u0 d* L/ i$ T% `2 KFORT 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.$ F* G- Q3 V1 t4 k
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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.. ]! } |) ]% ]* { g' [
/ h3 k: ~4 X% ]( X OThe 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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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River., h+ P* l9 U K W! h
* T* {6 _8 \/ p- {3 ^& DMcCabe 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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5 k( W3 L+ h1 Q7 N1 u6 s4 gThe 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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