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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM- |& v4 k* m0 e; b& K& F2 j1 x; p
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By The Canadian Press# o# `% ~/ z2 n" i3 L0 T5 M
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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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, U" K7 l& E o2 l9 ~3 \& V9 k# H5 j, f# pThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.6 _. V/ D: J. ~3 T
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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., Q% w0 i: o! N+ }- u7 B# Y* u
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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.% n+ T% g6 g$ c$ |4 j) t& a$ n
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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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