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. T; b5 @! t/ F3 SSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river3 G0 g C8 i& j3 Z+ K$ J
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6 C* b; K+ `, F5 R8 j, B HWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press5 O# U- T& u: M8 v+ N
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. ?9 p! w# R9 NFORT 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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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.
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% U( C, k& a2 l3 M4 |( a8 B! h6 ~Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River." v' j5 a* h# T H
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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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; p: }; S) b: f5 |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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