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e* }7 p- M1 a& nSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river+ f5 r5 c$ w5 Q* L
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; W9 x( O: E9 R+ DWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM7 O l$ J5 V% c4 y/ v! E! L1 W
' q8 f% ^' n4 C4 w( d, a; _By The Canadian Press( g: Q" l) k/ p3 g& R
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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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5 U; Y5 l) e6 E& q! fThe 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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$ j8 Y8 ?5 X, xThe 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.
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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." S) H7 h7 K H: x
6 {. k0 d O9 ?) P; XMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.) Z2 U( W( d4 R
, M; S( h, I9 |4 ^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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