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( T) ?' A" R. ~- G0 f& I/ ~: \Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river2 ?/ X, f% i5 h: f% x& }7 z: f4 x
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM' J: ?4 q6 R8 } Z6 K, r
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By The Canadian Press9 Y2 W0 P0 _1 J, D1 \/ A
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: ^. i$ o% [3 @. ~( bFORT 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.1 I- E) ?; E7 s3 S0 f
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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.. e" a* l7 h* V' P9 |3 n
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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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