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( \+ ~& s C6 r9 m" [2 gSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river5 w) R% j r. h" ?# g
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM, k* `6 i. x$ C
9 Z0 m: P% r$ `: x8 d% t7 ~; b, bBy The Canadian Press
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( ~" z4 c7 H/ M# q bFORT 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.
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7 B; p4 l3 w) W2 p- YThe 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., Y' h' Z2 m+ `# k
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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.
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+ \+ ?5 h& Y4 c( J; {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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