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1 m C* R8 \* o! ^3 [- H+ M/ b4 nSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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# b6 D( u2 a3 k. K0 uWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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) x1 ^1 I( t9 iBy The Canadian Press
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" O0 l/ [! ]) E2 a, W6 H9 ~1 FFORT 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.' E' U6 K; v/ R# N& I& W* e6 F4 Z
! M9 L a4 T) G8 B" _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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" J+ l* T0 Q/ I! }# w$ c& `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.! ~9 m: s7 r7 u6 C. Q5 e
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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.3 v+ `9 a3 z% V
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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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