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large impervious surface area."Too much impervious surface, runoff problems. 26 Loss of 104 acres of habitat, contributions to global warming 27 No environmental studies have been done to see how this would affect the water, air, and surrounding nature. 28 Paving over approximately 70 acres of pervious surfaces will mean that an annual Two retired EPA staff average of nearly 25,000 gallons per day of clean water will not be recharging the aquifer, in an area where there is heavy reliance on wells for water supply. Instead, this water will run off into a stormwater management system. It will then infiltrate contaminated water into the aquifer with overflow either to the streams or the sewage plant. This is a critical impact of this proposal which requires further evaluation before any decisions are made; the unusually high concentration of gas pumps and underground tanks will create high risk of leaks and spills, as well as regular drippage, into runoff water or directly to groundwater; carbon emissions 29 Triangle Land Conservancy (letter) The impacts from the project during and after construction will have detrimental impacts on Sevenmile Creek, part of the State-defined Upper Eno Watershed, a class WS-II watershed with High Quality and Nutrient Sensitive Water designation, serving as a public water supply for Hillsborough residents. The streams on the property lay within the Upper Eno Protected Watershed, and within the Upper Eno Critical Watershed immediately after leaving the property. Two of the stormwater controls on the plan are located within the designated "Preserved Green Space Area." Control structures of this magnitude would require significant disturbance, which is the antithesis to land being "preserved."These "preserved" areas should not include stormwater controls, roads, utilities, or any other disturbance but should be left as natural buffers to the obvious impacts the adjacent project would have. The potential runoff issues, as well as the necessary fuel storage to support 120 gas pumps and the potential for storage failure, are of utmost concern.