KELLY, WHITEHOUSEPRESS EPA, AI COMPANIES ON ROLLBACK OF PUBLIC INPUT RULES FOR DATA CENTER AIR PERMITS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Sen. Mark Kelly issued the following press release:

U.S. Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI),members of theSenate Committee on EnvironmentandPublic Works,sent two letters opposing the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposalto eliminatethe30-day mandatory public noticeperiodthat allowscommunities toprovide input on proposed facilities, like data centers,that may affect the air they breathe.

One letter is addressed toEPA Administrator Lee Zeldinurging him towithdrawtheproposedrule; the other letter is addressedtoninemajor data center companies-Anthropic, AWS,Fermi,Google,Joule,Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI,andxAI-calling on themtomaintain current public participation standards regardless of the ...