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1 @ z( v9 A# \Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river% R7 \9 Y- C1 B4 _% C/ J
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. j v# C" s8 g# r1 I3 a6 W2 k+ wWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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% o8 z' L. r4 L) }, O+ JFORT 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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3 Y y' P& c, i; y, `* |9 r" 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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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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7 l' i6 }+ _8 |$ |3 J, N h3 GEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River./ L3 ]; \7 O4 f' A! B
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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.
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; R5 e: X5 v( rThe 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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