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; s6 _7 ?1 ^; pSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river% v* P8 M9 v+ b: } N0 v
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% v) s' e8 g/ V& AWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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+ V1 {3 N z1 K! rBy 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./ Z( }3 w) ^8 M" z- W6 Z j4 H& P
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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.* j3 m/ z- @ q
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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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: y. \+ t5 M6 N) M: i1 IMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.+ B8 r- H- s1 m. a! q
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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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