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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM5 P$ ?6 B- D% x
6 L7 I: Y5 j( H; dBy The Canadian Press
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# Z9 C# b# a/ ?( K, J. B& kFORT 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.9 M4 s1 U4 {2 D- W" s
+ K: {/ f o- O% B/ ?( Z/ hThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.
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+ ]- @* Z, ?) z* }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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6 H; n5 ^5 ?# jEnvironment 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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# }4 p2 H/ Y& B# ~1 h8 ~$ }9 YMcCabe 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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0 I. j1 D1 ^7 {- |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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