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* ?5 v: R8 ?! [Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river- {8 D8 n# Z6 k8 y$ ^ k& R7 W" v
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8 ~0 ?4 N' u4 H3 j+ E; c! GWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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2 q! R& ]% v4 S3 M$ B& wBy The Canadian Press
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: G' c& O: X& D( q5 F5 Z5 d/ V2 h" \$ tFORT 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 s, b% E" F' t2 W: U3 \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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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.! `0 f4 D6 Z9 [. b
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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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, I- `& C* u2 ?0 uMcCabe 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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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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