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% v1 S, t5 q3 A8 |; vSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river6 Y- _% |2 r* D- R
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM( |& \- ~( S( ]7 V# P
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By The Canadian Press* O! R0 R, k1 R9 o3 k; g$ J; L
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# m; q! ~2 E7 t1 CFORT 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.: B6 q9 m( K) K9 R- }1 Z
" B# I6 y( q! L' t' w5 |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.2 o) ]7 v4 ^& R* s7 ]* q1 j
X- I1 r, N7 E 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.
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# N; q) M5 k) T% B) RMcCabe 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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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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