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( }3 r6 Y6 Z6 U/ H. bSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river, F K, @! Y+ F
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM5 @- z1 \6 Y4 ~! F* z7 o$ J
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By The Canadian Press5 q8 x- J; w* \; s0 L# E8 B
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7 {2 G" H$ i% F% \" a+ IFORT 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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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.. i; ?+ p7 i- |8 {0 Q- p
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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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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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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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