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0 k, T' q) M# S1 ~8 b+ xSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river3 ^. `8 ~3 u6 ?, P8 O% G* m5 i* Z
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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: d- v- {/ U; e% m! Q y8 ~, vBy The Canadian Press* I% c {0 q& d0 f5 B
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* @8 m) o: x4 V* i8 uFORT 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.' \0 @* b+ G! c9 U( G( S1 t% C
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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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/ V1 f& [$ J) A* {- }( pThe 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.: r5 {2 M) Q, w& E% f3 c
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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.# m' S+ l0 Q9 T" G/ x! ?) z* m4 [
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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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' q O4 `5 A% a( Y8 |2 D; n9 C1 xThe 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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