Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Department of Environmental Quality
 
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Air Pollution Control Board
 
Guidance Document Change: DEQ Guidance Memo APG-578 addresses the use of emergency generators in the case of “sudden and reasonably unforeseeable events” as the result of a planned electric outage.
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11/19/25  8:45 am
Commenter: David Lee, Culpeper County Board of Supervisors

Use of Diesel generators by data centers
 

I believe it’s in the best interest of the public’s health to NOT broaden the use of emergency back-up generators by data centers. The harmful effects from diesel exhaust are significant and my constituents are living next door to where many of Culpeper’s data centers will be built. It is imperative that the use of these generators remain ONLY for emergency situations. Thank you.

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