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& e1 A9 U' T1 @! r9 |7 i! M: [Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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6 r9 M9 _9 n( Y( [, b! xBy The Canadian Press1 P% S0 F0 K f; j
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# _: @' c. ?, x }- oFORT 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.* y! O( ?* o% B$ P9 ]" y
; X6 i8 \) P7 U1 k0 F, `( r4 e: ZThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.1 R6 w6 s) c7 j: o H: b
0 ^5 J, t' |5 n3 g+ F8 kThe 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.: Y9 C, n9 |! Q( c% L4 ]# x, t
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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.& p2 n d% |* F) ^8 W
0 E! j" @$ X+ E. T9 J# wMcCabe 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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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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