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4 m F3 z7 ^! g$ mSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river" Z- Q/ F$ {; m5 |: }# v6 \3 j# n
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+ h: \ J% k- P' \! Z7 v/ O/ y& M# YWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM; C! Q& u" p, f8 z/ I
. ?4 o3 Y! s" ?5 mBy The Canadian Press# t9 o& z0 O: C% T4 n
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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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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.) }6 w) @% j. M) s9 U
) x0 R0 F9 b' Z" ZThe 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.1 ] o4 T1 d/ }! z% Q9 ~
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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.# ~1 H0 S) v' Y9 L
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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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