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HB 607 In Committee

Aggregate air pollution; Department of Environmental Quality to study, data center generators.

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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.

Chamber
House
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last action
Jan 27, 2026 — Continued to next session in Rules (Voice Vote)
Session
2026
Momentum
28 · Low