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) r5 i2 \( X8 @8 O7 zSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river$ o& @8 j, C$ p7 d# g5 V& ^
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5 M1 u0 x4 |6 a4 a+ ?7 P Z( tWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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7 F3 H" F4 ]3 k; ZBy The Canadian Press
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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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. a, D' u7 x: s# x: y6 D( mThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants. S$ ~6 F' g h: D# L2 t, f
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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.% _) U" m$ n9 v' G
6 s% {0 V, p* X, ^. k& |& REnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.0 f$ O, h- R$ P: q) R( h
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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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2 r# {! ]5 m5 t+ T5 p; oThe 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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