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o9 I- K- Z# N* @0 f# mSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river X7 \6 I0 a/ Z* f$ U
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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4 }! e% P% f- GBy The Canadian Press, x$ m$ y* R( ~) s$ b( z
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! C7 V: j7 {; D6 }- I n, u% 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.
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' T4 G9 d( ^5 O) q8 iThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.; P& I! L' _- Q' X% p( P. U
- {- V' `( k D6 ~' Q% fThe 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.$ |0 E7 e+ x R/ O& j9 F
6 F: d8 I. C7 z1 n' ?8 {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.
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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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