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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river' x4 `/ d3 ~$ ?1 M/ Q
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; J0 \% c l+ G3 A- H4 YWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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! f, R8 c" F( a, aBy The Canadian Press) o% b4 V6 |& Q! f$ b8 ]. `* R8 l
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( D0 z8 }8 t+ `5 ]5 o0 A, hFORT 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.; f. q o" T* D# V6 h
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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.# j$ H: X: @, F
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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.9 ]( |, d: g+ r$ t# P
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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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- S M# l7 k* d6 c4 Q% i RMcCabe 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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0 r. m( @6 o$ w' X" `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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