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+ I% i) R: U. R9 c- K3 C9 l# NSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river" X) _! |2 [( ~* M7 f
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM& [$ [* O, @! E6 a# ?
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By The Canadian Press" w, A4 b- i# r$ y& ?' S5 L2 p
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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.& q; |2 H9 i @% Y7 c
( S D- m/ \" C& @0 a6 HThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.4 Z7 P3 L( M! g# l+ k" M" D
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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./ `# H1 m# o1 u4 Q' z
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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./ w' Z+ v6 z( G9 p+ l% e7 B' R3 e9 S
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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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