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) A* J1 L3 [" I$ K" gWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press' b( ^* }9 d. o$ Q# K
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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.
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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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. f! o3 j0 {6 ~# g5 T- qThe 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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) c# ~% x- W2 A" kEnvironment 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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# \0 i) o6 Z$ E& l* x" 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.3 w7 w+ g* V7 Z, C3 A0 P/ G+ {
( S) {# T- i; V( o4 uThe 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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