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• 3�S r t s:7 x.s S4 _AA Record photo by AMELITA MANES OIL ANALYSIS: Ron Sanchez, owner of Ron's Chevron in Stockton, uses a wand to detect contaminants in a can of used oil returned to the station for recycling. C7 hevron stations now Participating S.J. Chevron stations pa nyou for old o11 ■ Ron's Chevron, 139 S. Center g St., Stockton. Phone: 467-1625. ■Charter Way Chevron,508 By Carol Whipple "By giving people options and con- Charter Way, Stockton. Phone: The Stockton Record venience to safely dispose of their 465-3440. used motor oil, this is a win-win pro- ■ Rick's Chevron, 8660 Lower f you're a conscientious do-it-I gram for our state," said )else R.yourselfer who properly disposes fluff, chairman of the California Sacramento Road, Stockton. of the used motor oil you drain Integrated Waste Management Board. Phone: 477-0947. from your car instead of dumping It ■Bill Parks Chevron,6633 down a storm drain, you've probably California generates more used Pacific Ave., Stockton. Phone: had to pay a gas station to take It — motor oil than any other state, the 477-4115. d d f t B Management anagemenoarfound.if you could find one that was willing. Was ■Waterloo Chevron,4400 Ron's Chevron station in downtown Here are three good reasons why Waterloo Road, Stockton. Stockton was one of few that would the state is willing to pay people to Phone: 931-2186. accept it, but you'd have to pay the dispose of oil properly ■ Lakewood Chevron,236 N. station 50 cents per bucket. ■ A single gallon of motor oil can - Ham Lane, Lodi. Phone: 334• 1. "I was taking (the used oil) for five contaminate I milhon gallons of 224 t king water.in or six years, but I never offered to dr ■ Lakewood Auto Repair, 103 E. pay anyone for it because we never ■ Dumping motor oil into storm Elm St., Lodi. Phone: 333-6300. got reimbursed," said Ron Sanchez, drains and waterways threatens the E Bob's Chevron,301 W. owner of Ron's Chevron. "Now the efficiency of wastewater-treatment Kettleman Lane, Lodi. Phone: state has stepped in, and they're pay- plants- 368-8614. ing me 16 cents (per gallon)." ■ Motor oil disrupts the oxygen sup- Starting today, Ron's Chevron and ply needed by fish and other acquatic seven other Chevron stations in life. they complained that it was Inconve- Stockton and Lodi will pay you 16 Twenty-seven Chevron stations in nient," he said. cents a gallon, instead of the other Sacramento, Lodi and Stockton are "This (partnership between the oil way around. participating in the recycling program. Company and the state) gives the pro- That's because this is Day One of a By the end of summer, all Northern gram the boost it needed," he said. pilot program between the State of California Chevron stations should be Workers at each participating sta- California and Chevron Oil. accepting used oil, said David tion have been through a training Its goal: to reclaim 50 million gal- Saavedra, a spokesman for the board. program to teach them to process the lons per year of illegally dumped "A survey by the Waste used oil properly, said Pat Macht, motor oil that pollutes the state's land Management Board showed that peo- and water. ple want to do the right tiling but Please see OIL,B-6