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+ H# H5 }& z4 k) s) xBy The Canadian Press: U8 @; C2 J6 {# b' ]
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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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% L6 t; R* F0 q |8 E IThe 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 p% m+ X* X5 I; G6 N
" @4 k, c3 n B+ I' f/ l; lThe 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.) {( J- ?. ?% F# |1 K
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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.7 Y0 `/ g$ I2 x! y) ^& a4 J% \+ b
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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.- @$ Q$ A- ?, D; M2 S+ {( f: v
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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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