美国环保署（EPA）计划取消要求州政府就空气污染许可申请征求公众意见的规定 1。该变化适用于“轻微污染源”的空气污染许可，包括数据中心 1。该提议将在未来一年内生效，届时各州可自行决定是否保留公众评论期 1。
14个州和3个城市的总检察长签署公开信反对该变化 1。公开信指出，取消公众评论期是为了“行政便利和减轻监管负担，特别是加速数据中心和其他AI基础设施建设” 1。反对者担忧此举将削弱环境透明度和民主监督，并加速AI数据中心建设 1。此外，哈佛公共卫生学院估计，弗吉尼亚州劳登县的Vantage数据中心每年造成5300万至9900万美元的健康损害 1。
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to eliminate the requirement for state governments to solicit public input on air pollution permit applications 1. This regulatory shift primarily targets the approval processes for "minor sources" of pollution, which include data centers 1. Under the proposed changes, individual states would be granted the authority to decide whether to maintain a public comment period for these permits 1. The EPA's proposal is expected to take effect within the next year 1.
In response to the initiative, the attorneys general from 14 states and three cities have jointly signed an open letter opposing the regulatory rollback 1. The coalition expressed concerns that removing the public comment period would undermine environmental transparency and democratic oversight while simultaneously accelerating the construction of AI data centers 1. According to the open letter, the elimination of public feedback is being pursued for "administrative convenience and reducing regulatory burdens, especially to accelerate the construction of data centers and other AI infrastructure" 1. Highlighting the potential environmental impact of such facilities, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health estimates that the Vantage data center in Loudoun County, Virginia, alone inflicts between $53 million and $99 million in health damages annually 1.
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