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* b# K9 ?- x8 ]# s' d8 z) \" USuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river, u t: x( [) I" ~- I
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM1 C5 r7 f0 \* G( x7 T2 o. n
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By The Canadian Press9 v0 M, R8 x; ~. V w4 s
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2 T/ y) e9 U/ \/ p: N. xFORT 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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& ` {6 p6 d1 o. hThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.- L2 w& m- {+ f4 n
- \, K) a C+ [- b- O+ QThe 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.. s+ W+ L# [9 b- R; t
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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.; u0 X% w0 I- ?! w
3 \- L0 n' }/ MMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.; E4 m) C5 a/ Z; F% o. e8 U0 o
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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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