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/ `, x y' j; ^1 q( `( lSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM; U) \& z9 X9 {' ?% @* {
) E- H4 O Q8 XBy 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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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.- m: Y0 H1 M& u, V
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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./ W1 A( {1 M, k4 V% [
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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.( A0 W" O( b x) @
( [* N2 u2 k9 ~1 N: x* ^! {, f5 \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. Q+ i( `" u8 I6 h6 M4 T! @
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