Where is the necessary--even reasonable--oversight concerning the health and wellbeing of Virginian's?  Data center developer greed and power crazed politicians have ignored the perils of data center operations and locations for too long.  Enough is enough.  Here are my concerns:

*How does the proposed guidance comply with DEQ’s stated Mission and Vision? 

*How many data centers in Prince William County will be operating during a planned outage event?

*When data centers turn on their diesel generators what kind of warning will be given to the community?

*What is the criteria for the warning?  IE: What is the radius from each data center of the warning?  

*What air quality monitoring system(s) will be put in place at every data center activating their diesel generators, and how will the resulting data be shared with the public?

*Is there a time limit that the generators will be allowed to operate?

*Will complaints to DEQ be made public if the guidance is adopted and data center generators are permitted to run during planned outages?

*Why is DEQ interceding to ensure that commercial data center operators burn dirty polluting fuel to protect their profits?

*What is the threshold of pollutants from the data center diesel generators before DEQ will intercede to protect the health and welfare of the public?

As a western PWC resident, the risks of data center pollutants are onerous for us.  DEQ needs to seriously review their policies and guidelines to protect our communities.