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f y • - _ - a kr- ' i The Stockton Record 'Sunday,April 22,1990 B-3 Arc l � �..:w. _ � r. fi o c oses Lodl staon. 1 to work on leak cle L, r r a I up Gasoline firm to install wells, treatment 's ystem By Betsy Clayton station is vapor-free and the The Stockton Record groundwater is treated, Said Rich- LODI — More than two years and Prima, Lodi assistant city en- after a gasoline leak contaminated gineer, the ground at a Lodi gas station, Arco is negotiating wi h city of= Arco officials have closed the sta- ficials to determine how it can t tion to begin work on a cleanup compensate the city for having system. the well closed. No dollar figure . A metal fence has gone up has been arrived at, said Al around the Arco AM PM Mini Greenstein, media relations man- Market at Hutchins Street and .ager for Arco in Los Angeles, Kettleman Lane. Although Arco has been clean- . Work crews have begun pen- ing-the area around the station etrating the ground to install va- since the spill,this is its first mas- por and water extraction wells sive effort to install underground and a treatment system to clean cleaning devices, said Lauri Cotu]- groundwater. la, program manager ofi the San The station, which is known for Joaquin County Environmental its consistently low gas prices, Health Sight Mitigation U�it. will be out of service until the end Greenstein said the project has i • of April,officials estimated: been slowed by a lengthy govern- A city of Lodi water well, lo- ment permit process. IHe said .cated kitty-corner from the Arco Arco hasn't computed the pro station, was shut off immediately ject's total cost and hasn't deter- following the December 1987 mined how much gas feared out. break in an underground gas line. After vapor and'water extrac- The well, which can provide tion wells are installed, Arco will water for 2,000 people-at any prepare for groundwateremoval. . given time, could be reopened in Arco doesn't expect to' lose the two years after:the soil. near the, station for'further cleanup. DUy .