VA-HB607 · 2026 session · Legislation
Aggregate air pollution; Department of Environmental Quality to study, data center generators.
- Jurisdiction
- Virginia
- Current status
- Continued
- Sponsor
- Amy J. Laufer
- Introduced
- In Committee
- Floor
- Enacted
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Latest action
Continued to 2027 in Rules (Voice Vote)
Jan 27, 2026
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Department of Environmental Quality; study of aggregate air pollution; data center generators; report. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to conduct a three-year study to research and model a variety of scenarios regarding aggregate air pollution in areas with a large volume of data centers and provide recommendations for future handling of minor air permits for data center generators and the need for increased air quality monitoring in the Commonwealth.…
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Department of Environmental Quality; study of aggregate air pollution; data center generators; report. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to conduct a three-year study to research and model a variety of scenarios regarding aggregate air pollution in areas with a large volume of data centers and provide recommendations for future handling of minor air permits for data center generators and the need for increased air quality monitoring in the Commonwealth. The Department is directed to report its findings and any recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources by October 1, 2029.
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