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Marie Sunseri
From:Della Fernandes <della.fernandes@gmail.com>
Sent:Wednesday, November 4, 2020 3:06 PM
To:Marie Sunseri
Subject:FOR CITY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR MEETING TODAY ON NOV 4 , 2020
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Dear Danville Council Members,
We have been notified by San Ramon city planning commission that costco is proposing a mega 32 pump gas station
at former office depot site at 3111 Fostoria Way.
A mega gas station like that so close to your towns residents from Fostoria Terraces of Danville, and the residents
from surrounding homes around that area will be negatively impactful.
Environmental studies of shown that there are significant health hazards from Benzene. Please see the following.
over 9,500 Vehicles per day fueling and idling up to 20 minutes each waiting to fuel -
calculation as
per https://ceds.org/gasstation/
A number of compounds injurious to human health are released from gas stations
during vehicle fueling and from underground storage tank vents. These compounds
include: benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, and xylene (BTEX)Benzene is the gasoline
.
constituent most harmful to human health. Adverse health effects of benzene include
nausea, cancer, anemia, increased susceptibility to infections, and low birth weight.
According to the
World Health Organization Guidelines for Indoor Air Qualitythere is
no safe level for benzene.
significant Tanker Trucks of Gasoline per day – Pollution and congestion
Noise pollution from cars with the gas station open hours from 5:30 am to 10:00 pm
120,000 Gallons of fuel storage buried under ground - soil, water, environment contamination
Increase in traffic by 680 Freeway Entrance on Crow Canyon Road, impacting all San Ramon
and Danville residents using the Crow Canyon Road Exit.
Drop in property prices
We currently have 8 gas stations within a 2 mile radius
WE URGENTLY REQUEST YOU TO WORK ON OUR BEHALF TO PROTECT US FROM THESE
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS.
Thank you
Della
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Fostoria Terraces of Danville
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