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. F) N6 w" Z4 q, ]. BSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM( Z9 n, M9 ?' l& h
8 _$ k7 w6 c. N2 U, P/ aBy The Canadian Press
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6 L0 I- k/ d }# E0 F& n5 C% YFORT 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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) g# R* q$ m6 K1 x; C, {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.
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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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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.2 \; e' l4 F! M8 O
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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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