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8 J. A" P5 J; Z9 iSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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3 ]4 J% [% F1 W' r* U% L' ]4 gWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM& k" \5 S4 G1 C, O7 W
) \! X/ p; [7 JBy The Canadian Press
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) k% R, t# d7 K' \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.
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2 }6 d0 K* Z0 C8 VThe 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.
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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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4 d# c" e# M5 Y3 Z7 i" V w2 [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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/ o4 u5 a; |3 C8 ?+ xThe 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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