Commerce City neighborhood fighting gasoline storage facility’s expansion plans [Video]

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — A Commerce City neighborhood located across from a gasoline storage facility is fighting back against the company’s plans to expand.

“That’s the first thing you look at. Every morning, every night, and it’s not a good feeling,” said Mary Morris, whose home backs up to the tanks.

The tanks belong to Magellan Pipeline Company, and more of them could be on the way. Magellan said it needs to expand its Dupont Terminal by adding five more storage tanks in addition to the 20 already on site.

The tanks would hold more reformulated gasoline, a special blend required on the Front Range at certain times of the year.

“This was done without the awareness of the community, without collaboration of the community,” said Guadalupe Solis, director of environmental justice programs at Cultivando.

Cultivando, a group focused on concerns affecting Latinos in Adams County, is now leading the …