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West Side residents urge council to deny USDG fuel depot over pollution and health risks
Summary
Multiple residents and health advocates told the National City City Council they oppose a proposed USDG diesel fuel transfer station, citing proximity to Kimball Elementary, 24/7 truck traffic, and high local asthma rates; they urged the council to deny permits and consider cumulative air‑quality impacts identified in the city's MND.
Speakers at Monday’s National City council meeting urged elected officials to reject a planned USDG diesel transfer station they said would worsen air pollution near a heavily overburdened West Side neighborhood.
Residents and public‑health advocates said the proposed depot — which speakers said would operate 24 hours a day and route hundreds of diesel trucks through National City — is too close to Kimball Elementary and to neighborhood housing. Bradley Bang, a resident and member of the East County Health coalition, said the depot would be “less than half a mile from Kimball Elementary” and could bring as many as 250 diesel trucks a day, increasing “small particle pollution, which is now considered one of the most dangerous types of pollution to our…
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