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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12/1/25  6:15 pm
Commenter: Laura Anderko

Protect the public's health by denying diesel generators
 

DEQ,

Let me strongly oppose the use of diesel generators at Data Centers in Virginia.

Diesel fuel pollutes the air we breath and increases cases of asthma, heart disease and more. The DEQ has increasingly ignored the negative health consequences from their decisions around loosening environmental protections.  First allowing PFAS in water from the military, now increased air pollution from the data centers.

Please do your job - and protect Virginians by considering the long standing science linking air pollution with negative health impacts when making your decision.

Vote no to allowing diesel generators at Data Centers in Virginia. 

Thank you,

Dr. Laura Anderko PhD RN

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