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$ n* }- |- x/ e. d0 Z6 q* KSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river& ]$ Q9 W* w: Q7 f% s6 ?
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4 L2 F. v4 J% w+ ~Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM% e; F: K& R$ Y* X5 I" `7 m+ {0 L
- j# w2 ]' }: v0 BBy The Canadian Press; C0 s7 y, n, z
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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. t$ P g E2 t( z/ V* s
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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.6 ]+ c; p% R9 [! @( ]" s) e
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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.( Y+ d& w9 C0 M
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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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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.# H$ K' f" ^$ ^: f. f7 s
4 G* C; J; X& H( J# i" 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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