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  8:11 pm
Commenter: Rognvald Garden

Data Centers and Diesel Pollution
 

I strongly disapprove of the motion by Loudoun County to permit data center from utilizing more diesel backup power generation. Burning diesel fuel creates toxic pollutants and high noise levels. They should be totally banned from Loudoun County.

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