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9 }/ ?6 l. J* Q, Z/ DSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river: p9 Z4 v0 z8 ~1 Y7 R% O
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM' ?- N! _0 N2 U/ c' r! P
' N, [( H9 \ a5 Z, s5 nBy The Canadian Press
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# J8 E- Q- e/ Y- q6 O* t* G* l1 [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.# D: b3 D- D% Z' }# \# f w" 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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# E- J5 }8 o9 g) m, TThe 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.! o! H0 g, s$ ?
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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.4 E B* ^' z5 ~ x6 [
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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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% D4 _4 l+ r8 G* l/ [) HThe 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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