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" x5 }* d6 k' a/ SSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river6 v, i( [8 z0 P/ ^) J
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1 F3 k4 A9 _0 m1 LWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM3 Q2 a4 l4 O" c: V B7 \+ P' a
0 p% j. u$ v* }By The Canadian Press+ m* `0 H4 u. z
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" A4 |% m* n1 V) }$ VFORT 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.* R6 n5 E- N" z. K9 r9 K
( U) u7 C7 H; V0 p9 k: K6 u1 BThe 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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, d4 T% c- A8 i$ n: IEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.! c3 e7 e$ G5 D5 {' _% T" W# O
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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.2 a1 @$ j% U9 q7 e! T2 K
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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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