Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Department of Environmental Quality
 
Board
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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11/24/25  8:44 am
Commenter: Terwin Gonyaw

No more pollution from data centers
 

DEQ's Mission is to protect and enhance the environment of Virginia in order to promote the health and well-being of the Commonwealth's citizens, residents, and visitors in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

DEQ's Vision is that all Virginians enjoy cleaner water, better air quality and the productive reuse of land that was once contaminated

 

These words are your mission statement. They are/were on the wall in your conference room when I had the same comments on the same subject.

We/you have known since 2018 that this industry is not compatible with current infrastructure. Now that we have over 4000 Diesel Generators sitting on the ground hooked up to these buildings that do not have enough electricity.

I/we/you have been paying an extra Auto Emissions Test in Northern Virginia because our air is so fragile. What has changed other than who got the campaign contributions????!!!!

my/your job is to enforce our/your safekeeping from these outlandish air quality destruction requests..!!!

These data centers are like a pet that cannot be house trained. Who wants to step in that??…

Say No to these requests while protecting the air quality we have paid for in past and for the future.

Thanks for helping,

Terwin Gonyaw

Gainesville, VA.

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