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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river9 b) U4 j0 `1 [* r8 n! `& [
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$ p2 Q2 q/ W% o% WWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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% Q3 }. F x% n/ cBy The Canadian Press
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7 p* R* ?( G8 W# c9 JFORT 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.) x5 D2 L: ~5 V& y6 X
* p4 H4 f' b* ]7 g: tThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.# T: n2 Q: C9 I
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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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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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+ a# u1 Y# a* T: _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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& J; N) ]% Z) r9 c3 ^% g5 vThe 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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