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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 4:50 pm

Commenter: Tom McIntosh

Data center diesel generators

DO NOT ALLOW THESE DIESEL GENERATORS TO OPERATE EXCEPT IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.

THEY ARE EXTREMELY DIRTY. NOT GOOD FOR ANYONE.

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