Sarah Sterling poses in her Schuylkill Township backyard while her two children pick berries. The white building with a blue roof is the proposed site of a new Sheetz gas station, which Sterling and other neighbors oppose over public health concerns.area, she finally had space for a chicken coop, a vegetable garden, and grass for her two young children to play.
That followed Sheetz’s submission in March of a preliminary sketch outlining what its own station could look like. The drawing shows the store abutting the residential property next to it — one house from Sterling — with a drive-through window facing her property. Sterling, a social worker, says her chief concern is the potentially negative health effects from having three stations next to homes with young children, including her son and daughter.
That study also found that the level of harmful gases emitted from stations was sometimes 10 times higher than the amount local officials use when drafting setback guidelines. It additionally suggested that when multiple stations are grouped together, the harmful effects of chemicals compound and require even further setbacks.
Sterling estimates the Sheetz pumps would be located within 300 feet of her property, and even closer to her neighbor’s, a family with six children. A Wawa spokesperson said that the company’s new stores go through “an extensive site review process set forth by local municipalities” to ensure they meet all local regulations.
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