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1 H% g! t! u! E. DSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM7 z! `% _" o$ \( Y% I1 M
3 M, G, v- m9 N4 ]* M) Q9 r& SBy The Canadian Press
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! l$ ?- r, ^8 {3 pFORT 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./ [: q. \* C0 a5 b2 t
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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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' I& k4 v0 A2 ?$ P6 \% R) V+ lThe 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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: t$ u7 h# ~/ lEnvironment 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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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.5 U1 a; y) M9 n4 h* y
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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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