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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11/30/25  6:17 pm
Commenter: Rebekah Brierly

Oppose DEQ diesel generator changes
 

The “DEQ's Mission is to protect and enhance the environment of Virginia in order to promote the health and well-being of the Commonwealth's citizens, residents, and visitors in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.” Yet this proposal contradicts that mission. The DEQ does not monitor, nor regulate, the cumulative, detrimental, effects of the thousands of data center diesel generators in our area. 

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