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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river7 S/ z# O1 k2 a7 N; M# n
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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) f- `( V: G# ~- ]By The Canadian Press4 l; T! X4 N0 \" z
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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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[' S: W) y, U0 D5 J! l/ |+ 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.
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8 e1 E4 B. |) d+ N. K# P% r3 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., T, M9 t+ b9 U% u' W
8 {+ E0 G0 ^$ ]; f' }- `: PEnvironment 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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) n/ Q8 w7 p t- L, o& XMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.2 Y, E5 g4 H7 }
# C | P. A7 B: s& N& t2 I3 aThe 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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