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Jun. 9, 2007

AutoZone Will Pay $1.5 Million to Settle Oil-Dumping Suit

SAN BERNARDINO -The nation's largest automotive parts retailer has agreed to pay California and other agencies $1.5 million in civil penalties to end a two-pronged lawsuit accusing it of illegally dumping used motor oil and overcharging customers for goods.

By Jason W. Armstrong
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN BERNARDINO -The nation's largest automotive parts retailer has agreed to pay California and other agencies $1.5 million in civil penalties to end a two-pronged lawsuit accusing it of illegally dumping used motor oil and overcharging customers for goods.
      As part of the settlement, AutoZone Inc. agreed to change its waste-disposal proced...

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