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9 T/ z6 I9 u- `% X5 M% y4 AWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM% `( f) N) L* V* [8 z
; ]# ]& T. c0 X$ s n* Z5 wBy 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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r& |3 {" t* @- aThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.# D, l- @+ g; @/ F: v ?4 x
, w+ }' i/ W3 x# ~) m$ 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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2 J/ k+ t: I$ \4 t) V9 REnvironment 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.% K- \$ ~8 s3 f+ }" b, Q3 j
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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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