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+ O# |0 K% {9 y/ w( i0 {: A. M+ C. uSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river6 A! G% k: Q7 i9 L1 F1 n. t
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM6 X+ w* u7 f; w# u: E
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By The Canadian Press0 @' q: k! B: I! J
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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.
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3 c6 X1 f! _6 X, o9 MThe 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.8 b7 T' G' `3 S# S; B* H
9 Z- P' [' i& _" M. sMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.: [- H3 G" B; C8 r; [# |
2 _4 t' U3 n q4 CThe 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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