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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river& D( `/ [& K$ n) ~- J0 @: D
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9 I( ~$ t( }. ]9 \3 t1 \Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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6 ^* E- n. s1 |( j mBy The Canadian Press+ q* Y4 Z* a: P* t
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+ \, F9 z! X0 I7 E* m5 s! ]' o2 yFORT 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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# H3 \6 Z1 n9 g' o) ^. K) TThe 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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* Q7 b b/ O5 U$ P4 D6 a9 `4 H& |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.
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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." e: |8 E$ x4 ^& I- A
8 r+ L+ G' A% ?4 w9 X' LMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.+ G. |: e/ ^! I4 F! S7 @
2 N8 Y9 S9 j2 N4 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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