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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river" s2 G. a1 d% q
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# S8 ?% |% Q0 O3 U }% IWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press7 T' V- X7 S+ g$ D- I9 v7 \. D
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" a( N1 z& c0 W7 ^) vFORT 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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! Q7 V. i4 Q, D, L( t: D( dThe 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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) J! h3 z J7 W5 b0 oThe 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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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.* u% U% o. `4 r9 t9 \
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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.2 N8 N6 r. t8 w. X3 \) @
6 ~; W1 l( p, T0 E. s& e* nThe 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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