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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM: `3 g+ [/ V7 a
2 {) B& t1 Z. U# e4 ?) L4 n- _/ x6 _; SBy The Canadian Press" l* M4 Z7 Q5 {4 M, v3 T
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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.3 T6 z- Z4 {0 ^; g* T
. q& G+ \ C6 e9 _) J' l+ k$ Q. VThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.8 Q1 x; L. x: o' j. s4 `) M
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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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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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2 t' r7 q$ }& P* { h" aMcCabe 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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" |9 \0 j: ~9 E. }+ |7 R7 L [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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