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; z' o' H, J& o! B$ T U% oSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river! O$ q/ s4 X/ ?2 q) @7 e: H
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press3 l& a+ x1 Z3 x9 R% G/ d* f* l
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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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]- n! d5 a" N0 _( T$ s0 UThe 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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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.( Q& E& @) j3 x: b$ X
( X. d# [- h0 ^- v7 hEnvironment 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.% }# k. c0 h$ \
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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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