EPA to Drop Requirement for Public Notice of Polluting Datacenters

EPA to drop requirement for public notice of polluting datacenters

Soon, you may not even be able to find out what that new neighborhood bit barn could do to your air quality. A proposed change by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would eliminate federal minimum requirements for public participation in minor-source air permits, a move critics warn could affect some datacenter projects. The Environmental Protection Network, which is made up of former employees of the EPA itself, says the proposed rule…

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Coalition Urges EPA to Keep Public Participation Requirements for Air Permits - CleanTechnica

WASHINGTON — A coalition of nearly 200 environmental, health, and community groups filed comments late Friday urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw its proposal to eliminate the minimum public participation requirements for air pollution permits often used for data centers, power plant expansions, and other industrial facilities. EPA’s proposal would ... [continued] The post Coalition Urges EPA to Keep Public Participation …

Coalition Urges EPA to Keep Public Participation Requirements for Air Permits

WASHINGTON - A coalition of nearly 200 environmental, health, and community groups filed comments late Friday urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw its proposal to eliminate the minimum public participation requirements for air pollution permits often used for data centers, power plant expansions, and other industrial facilities. EPA's proposal would ... [continued] The post Coalition Urges EPA to Keep Public Participation …