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" u" m# z6 f1 M+ u- TSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river9 Q7 W! ]( `0 T( F7 I1 {3 g' Y4 p
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM6 O9 {3 F7 L* W; u7 z: G
3 T; P0 T5 J% \: i. jBy The Canadian Press
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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.
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) T$ j% u" k$ I3 t- {5 J% ^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.5 r! ]) X8 c! I' |+ B6 u
9 e) U. Q% b; W* J+ G6 K% [; n3 Z# mThe 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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1 B) g) a3 z; @; \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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: S8 ?! T$ x6 Q5 _* w3 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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