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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river) D/ v8 u. y- @+ |$ p4 D: j
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/ r! F! r* [7 H2 M$ q2 e, X& LWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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0 \7 ]8 d) x+ b$ C, vFORT 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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% i4 W4 Z" s+ s8 b3 H3 E9 x- aThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.1 m. q! c: w$ K( K/ A5 v' g P
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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.& ^! G& {; b2 U- u X6 I
0 x* t! Q; K/ @; e; s: j3 c: ?# P, yEnvironment 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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& F* M5 _" p8 l; u& q2 M5 x, fMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.4 c, D8 p7 ^8 M5 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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