特朗普政府领导下的美国环保署（EPA）提出一项新规，拟取消数据中心作为“轻微”空气污染源向公众披露排放信息的强制要求 1。根据《清洁空气法》原有规定，“轻微”污染者必须通过州机构向公众披露拟释放的污染量，而新规将使披露变为自愿，由州和部分地方官员自行决定 1。数据中心常排放氮氧化物、一氧化碳和重金属等污染物 1。
美国环保署称，该变更旨在“减少行政负担并负责任地加快许可审批，支持美国经济发展和能源主导地位” 1。公共卫生与环保倡导者警告，此举将削弱公众对数据中心排放的监督能力，并可能成为各州吸引数据中心投资的“监管补贴” 1。目前，环保署已关闭公众意见征集期，该规则若最终确定可能面临法律挑战 1。
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Trump administration has proposed a new rule to eliminate the mandatory requirement for data centers to publicly disclose their emissions as "minor" air pollution sources 1. Under the Clean Air Act, these minor polluters were originally required to disclose the amount of pollution they intended to release to the public through state agencies 1. The proposed regulation would make such disclosures voluntary, leaving the decision to state and some local officials 1. Data centers frequently emit pollutants such as nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and heavy metals 1.
Public health and environmental advocates have warned that this move will weaken public oversight of data center emissions and could serve as a "regulatory subsidy" for states looking to attract data center investments 1. The EPA stated that the change aims to "reduce administrative burdens and responsibly expedite permitting to support economic development and energy dominance in the United States" 1. The agency has closed the public comment period, and the rule may face legal challenges if it is ultimately finalized 1.
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