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% s5 m7 T; K' _! DSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river" m6 e/ \, u4 @& v+ A! ?
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% ^" T' c; I! r aWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM, Y+ ]' `, ^( R, y# S. }3 W ?. O
+ j& y% q/ Z- m5 W+ T; cBy The Canadian Press( N, M8 f4 x2 J
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$ ?' H' U ~% b1 a: ?! j* i1 _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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/ n- {" P, ]( N9 m. cThe 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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* u/ E' M1 l: \' Z2 DThe 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.- }+ L% H" U# x9 I- h) @
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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.) l( p. {8 o( X/ B) C4 V: @
$ c$ K# p6 k5 G# s4 i0 F/ bMcCabe 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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