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: M! B, U0 t" o8 U i: FSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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; B P, l, H$ X7 q4 Q( ^* hWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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2 c4 @2 E+ r% r8 oBy The Canadian Press
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7 Q' M p5 a: o2 A6 \. X t( WFORT 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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8 V& J# i# d9 z1 D- NThe 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.0 Y4 t% q4 ]# ?+ j$ k1 E% _4 y
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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.( J! Z+ F. D; J$ a
3 _: ?& B% H& KMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river." n+ K _# |8 J U5 O! V
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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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