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$ t% f$ N4 r, |" K; z, \( O- I3 eSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river" d2 L7 l) ^1 V+ R
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM8 U7 f* a: V8 m' k N
! g. n( i- X- p: E* j- ?By The Canadian Press& j- M r# U. F% w9 Y
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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.; d- l5 D& l) H
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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., b2 Z1 \$ ]6 b) q `
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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.# p# p k: {+ H
- `! O% d6 J7 sMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.+ }1 f1 c5 j, Z8 _, W' U, g% v+ s3 }
6 N1 E0 [5 x1 j7 {, m5 AThe 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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