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' m4 `# S$ B- V, ?Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river8 a7 L0 o0 J4 c5 ^8 j
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM4 g1 w' B) \4 I: T' b% d
7 H% B: u* B; y# }. y: G& J* k8 `; A, pBy The Canadian Press$ }- u* X: z0 A9 r
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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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6 _. q) [4 C: a" a3 `- Z* oThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.2 x. D" V! S3 B- Q/ H
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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.
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& k- H% X5 h( R- h& j- _4 L. OMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.0 o" m4 g: B7 v+ t3 O
$ m( X. Q T k% |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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