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7 b8 W( `# W4 z+ ^. T3 RBy 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." f# y( q; ]# [, K: F4 l* }
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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.' \2 }! r& o8 e' X
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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." ]% l3 H# N# ]
8 g( W$ d2 ], H* ~8 Y8 BEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.5 u+ Y9 a- R- R. @" ]8 ]- H* N
& A. l* p* O6 b5 x" F+ V2 o. UMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river. }7 M4 w, ?' ^# ~- L1 u1 w2 ]2 x
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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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