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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM2 s2 |7 s5 a/ C' `( a e# j% m: n+ p
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By The Canadian Press& K3 s$ i+ A7 @5 a8 U6 g
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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.! p, E0 d1 O. M4 \! c# V5 L
7 v* c0 J4 b( G* gThe 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./ y6 {7 [& h+ l$ Q+ {4 x0 A
8 [, ]0 }) F! Y' m7 aEnvironment 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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, h$ y& Z& D; K$ {2 FMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.& A5 c% O( L# j" t
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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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