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6 Y1 c n% o0 s( o7 P* D) nSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river( B9 y. B% v1 m2 h3 `* s
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a" f7 u! y) n0 o7 VWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM9 E$ @* @) X0 |! `
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By The Canadian Press
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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.' ?/ B6 T& v- C" C
% N& S, ?$ V, _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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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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# R- v1 H, x' B: o3 VMcCabe 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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' Z* f- K4 S1 b% _6 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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