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e . <br /> modbee.com Station pumpin round tank law Page 1 of 3 <br /> Lookin't-For A Ne*ta r? <br /> z* THE 400ESTO BEE o"urE P <br /> allcom <br /> Friday <br /> February 26, 1999Today`s News <br /> Station pumping around <br /> tank law FBI refocuses search <br /> ' • ' ' mission in Hortva ey <br /> Station um in around <br /> c aw <br /> By Jim Miller tank <br /> Bee staff writer <br /> (Published:Friday, February 26, 1999) Body found in drug lab <br /> MANTECA— Hundreds of motorists are drawn Democratic leader coming <br /> daily to the Arco gas station at Highway 99 and to on its turf <br /> Yosemite Avenue. <br /> DIANE NELSON: Histo 's <br /> — • • • The lure is its lower-than-average prices. ac king without etai s <br /> But drivers are buying fuel from an Search narrows for <br /> o esto erector <br /> illegally-operating station, according to San Joaquin <br /> County officials. At the state level, officials suspect County settles lawsuit <br /> the business should have been shuttered weeks� Modestan ounces on <br /> _ ago, its expansive underground tanks drained. a ortion issue <br /> �yn The Atlantic Richfield Co. station does not haveAssembly seat draws <br /> _ an operating permit from the county and does not interest <br /> comply with California's underground storage tank Countv.Turlock air it out <br /> law. That statute forced hundreds of gas stations to <br /> spend millions of dollars on improvements. students s ched u for <br /> aence ympia <br /> ho WS Despite the infractions, the county is letting the <br /> Pick One Yosemite Avenue station stay open and pump gas, Yonas to volunteer <br /> while officials negotiate with Arco lawyers. <br /> SY�m�phored <br /> n manager J. <br /> County officials said about 20 sites may not ei a ii�k 3'es� <br /> comply with the law, but the Arco station apparently <br /> is the only one in the county —and possibly the News Briefs <br /> state— selling gas. Obituaries <br /> Stations that don't meet the new standards are <br /> subject to fines of up to $5,000 a day. Tanker truck <br /> operators who fill tanks at those stations can be <br /> fined as much as$10,000 a day. <br /> Arco's local attorney said the company believes <br /> its San Joaquin County stations meet applicable <br /> laws. <br /> "We are working very cooperatively with the <br /> county to comply with the law," Stockton attorney <br /> Steven Herum said. "(The stations) either comply <br /> or are in the process of complying." <br /> But Doug Wilson, a supervisor in the San Joaquin <br /> County Environmental Health Department, said the <br /> Yosemite Avenue station doesn't meet the new <br /> standards. <br /> "If they don't have a certificate and they're <br /> pumping, that's a problem,"Wilson said. "They <br /> http://www.modbee.com/metro/story/0,1113,67464,00.htm1 2/26/99 <br />