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$ q& f; W% l. f3 y6 vSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river. t) o1 l7 O0 s8 j, G
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM0 y7 T& S$ f# x, n9 m/ {4 j. O
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By The Canadian Press
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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.
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0 [8 X9 } _3 GThe 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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! E' T [5 H9 ?. @' ?% N; ZThe 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.9 d: n) l) h) 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.; b# O" g* ^. M3 E
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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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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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