Residents near a proposed data center, solar or battery site
Free kit for residents facing a data center, solar or battery project: a comment letter outline, public records requests and the permits to watch.
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How it works
What you get
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the NEPA environmental assessment door.
From public data
is how long a federal agency has to decide whether to comply with a Freedom of Information Act request
Source: 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(6)(A)(i)
Draft a NEPA environmental assessment and FONSI, or an EIS outline, that follows a reference document. Free to read; every unconfirmed fact is marked.
Questions
Usually your state or local air agency. EPA says state and local air agencies issue most air permits for data centers, under programs approved as meeting Clean Air Act and EPA minimums. Ask that agency for the application and the draft permit.
EPA's rules for state programs call for a 30-day public comment period on new or modified sources, with the application and the agency's air quality analysis open for inspection and a notice advertised in the affected area. A state may use a different period EPA has approved.
For federal agencies, file a Freedom of Information Act request; the agency must decide within 20 working days. Counties, towns and state agencies answer under your state's public records law, which sets its own rules and deadlines.
Related doors
What are you proposing, and where?
Which town or county is this for?
Which water system is this plan for?
Which state licenses your program?
What is your water system's name or ID?
What is the project, and where?
Answer it and ePlan opens the NEPA environmental assessment door, which drafts the paperwork.