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8 c! A. v* Y* v$ ASuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river. ~2 ]" j6 r6 ~/ [
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM. ]3 y! b F5 b7 @2 }( o/ o
2 m/ \3 U5 A8 HBy The Canadian Press
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: J" s4 b7 T/ d: a2 }: _9 }8 xFORT 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.) P- x, e1 o+ p0 x' @: \/ O: D' X5 _
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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.
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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.: j: `, l8 p* N* _1 U
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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.) k9 w; a9 {2 T
( G% C7 e6 t9 F$ G0 ^) lMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.+ l+ A7 l) C3 n0 l, e
. U2 q L& O/ ]# |; KThe 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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