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4 F, J) u' b; r, b3 [Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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2 g/ W! U& g5 W3 O+ xBy 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.
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& X6 g; r/ U1 o* g) D* A5 qThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants./ {& S6 E2 ~3 I, a( M) y
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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." B7 f4 K* j6 Z* L( s* C6 B
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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.
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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." P% r6 j. G% o% c: M
4 @ S5 \( D6 t4 x$ g3 [! \, q. z* w8 bThe 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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