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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11/18/25  7:11 pm
Commenter: Anonymous

Don't approve diesel generator use
 

I am opposed to the additional use of diesel generators. No matter where these data centers are the exhaust with all its toxins will spread over the entire region.  There must be a better, more responsible way to meet these needs.  

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