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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river) y9 J2 ]: W: w) F, @9 N8 b/ y
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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4 C+ \9 g7 | h9 \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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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% V9 G/ p* c8 z: y7 S- g( m( p8 CThe 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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' l& K2 C w2 fEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.! l: G1 f* u- S4 i" s! N# V
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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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+ h* d7 G4 F$ q/ [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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