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) r8 w; K' D( j" F" U( Q8 VWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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7 _* G* u. m0 V( [/ aFORT 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.1 c" v5 g T! z6 M* y" x' H& R" [
* D; b! G, o( D/ J9 ?, B& _# A# l( OThe 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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+ [3 Z* i1 s) F1 {4 F, 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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McCabe 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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+ {# _: Q( M0 m# e" L' O( WThe 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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