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7 s: s% o3 z0 K" ^% YSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river1 i, x' [1 Z) ^4 O: Z5 E
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% T, R. L% d7 a; S4 U( HWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM2 i! I- V9 c( z! ?, w& O% }
3 n5 `4 ~+ D$ P& N% z5 j8 w# t# D8 ZBy The Canadian Press
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& R, L7 q+ D( m. w/ \4 EFORT 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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, Q6 v2 H" m5 yThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.& W* z- h# D& C6 A& R$ O2 F
! w2 `$ M- b1 T9 e- C) i, bThe 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.
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2 B, P8 m% q' `4 r( |9 CMcCabe 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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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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