Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
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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11/26/25  3:02 am
Commenter: Yvonne

Generators in Data Centers.
 

It is irresponsible to allow diesel generators to run.  Even for a short period of time, pollution, pollution, pollution is why. It causes many health issues, and you are here to protect our health, not data centers. Also, the pollution from data centers is known to make communities sick. Look at Memphis? 

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