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Residents urge county review of proposed Costco fuel center at Mineral Place, raise climate and health concerns
Summary
A Littleton resident told the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners that a proposed Costco fuel center at Mineral Place would increase greenhouse gas emissions and health risks, and urged environmental review and conditional approvals including EV infrastructure and vapor recovery.
During the public comment period at the May 13 Arapahoe County meeting, Greg Sullivan of Littleton urged the county to scrutinize a proposed Costco fuel center at Mineral Place and to require environmental and mitigation measures if the project proceeds.
Sullivan said a city council moratorium on new gas stations had been enacted for six months and that the Costco proposal had been treated separately. He said 269 Arapahoe County residents had signed a petition opposing a 32-pump fueling center and asked the county to require a full environmental impact review, life-cycle greenhouse gas analysis, traffic and air-quality controls, stormwater measures and vapor-recovery systems if the project goes forward.
Sullivan asked the county to consider conditions including installation of at least eight EV chargers, mandated carbon offsets, vapor recovery and landscape buffers and to pause approval until the county adopts a climate-resilient transportation plan. He said petition signers were concerned about greenhouse-gas emissions, public health risks near schools and traffic impacts.
County response
The board accepted Sullivan’s comments into the public record. No county action, permit request or vote on the Costco fuel-center proposal occurred at the May 13 meeting; Sullivan said he would return with additional comments and data.
Clarifying details
Sullivan stated the petition has 269 signatories and said the proposed site would include 32 gas pumps. He requested a range of studies and conditional approvals and cited HB 191261 and statewide climate goals as relevant context (as referenced by the speaker).
