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7 t0 B! H( v$ A6 z8 `Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river" T% b5 m5 X a* Z8 U
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. z4 U, C% l2 q4 b" WWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM2 @7 ^( c6 e7 ]' g* f9 q% Z
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By The Canadian Press/ e/ r8 ]6 q% [# N, h' T
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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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( a6 ~7 f% ^) z3 _8 e' CThe 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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$ U& i; \' |1 S8 GEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.2 F* P Q) T& q/ z
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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.
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) E% D, {- ~& IThe 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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