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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11/18/25  8:12 pm
Commenter: Dale Howell, Accotink UU Church

Authorizing Data Centers to use diesel generators for non-emergency power generation
 

The VA Department of Environment Quality should ban the use of diesel generators by data centers located near residential areas.  Please do not allow the data centers to increase the diesel generators use beyond the current levels. Additionally, the present regulations should be actively enforced.

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