Public Comments for 02/11/2026 Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources - Natural Resources Subcommittee
HB507 - Data centers; permit requirements, emission limits for certain engine-generator sets.
I'm writing in support of HB507. Due to the noise and air pollution generators cause, it is imperative that the state legislature pass HB507 to protect its constituents' quality of life and pursuit of happiness. As a resident of Loudoun County, I see lots of data centers around me. In fact, I live next to one in Sterling; and, it has been causing a lot of headaches for the residents of my community. In May 2025, unbeknownst to me at the time, the data center had to turn on its generator due to a utility outage. The noise from the generator was so loud that night that I could barely sleep. One morning, I saw a black smoke coming from the data center as I was driving to work because they were using a generator. Those events are in addition to the high-pitched noise the residents had to suffer for months. State legislators should not view HB507 as a restriction on data center companies - HB507 is setting a framework to help data centers and residential communities coexist peacefully in Virginia. With the AI race in full swing amongst big tech companies, data center footprint will continue to grow in Loudoun County and beyond. Data centers are now often built next to residential communities. If there are no environmental legislations that hold data centers accountable and that state acceptable parameters of generator use, noise complaints and air pollution complaints will continue to grow as the friction between data centers and residents intensifies. Since HB507 sets air quality monitoring standards and spells out the allowable use of generators, it will reduce friction amongst stakeholders, increase transparency for residents, and hold data center companies accountable for the pollution it causes in the community. Thus, it behooves all state legislators to pass HB507.
It is really important for those of us living near a data center that the diesel generators be better regulated. I live in Sterling about 150 yards from a large data center that has numerous diesel generators. Since this data center became operation about a year ago, on several different occasions, these generators have run for days at a time. When they are turned on, they produce black smoke and make a loud noise. When the wind is blowing from the south, the smoke can be seen entering our neighborhood and the noise is intense. I can hear in my home through the windows. My neighbors and myself are concerned about the effects on our health. The noise has even disrupted our sleep at night. It is important that the sound and the exhaust pollution be monitored to ensure that the use of the generators be stopped when they are posing a health problem. Notifying nearby residents in advance when the diesel generators will be used is an important step as it will enable those residents with health issues, such as asthma, to leave their homes for safer areas. I have a short video of what the diesel generators look like when they are operating; one can hear the awful sound and hear the threatening smoke. I can share that with you, if you would like. Gregory Pirio, a resident of Sterling
Hello Delegates, I am writing in opposition of HB1396. This bill had been brought fourth by landowners groups that falsely claim to represent and maximize property owners rights when in fact they are property owners that want to end the tradition of hound hunting. This is proven by these groups comments on their own social media pages. These groups have made claim that only 8 states allow the use of hounds to hunt, a stat quoted by delegates in the subcommittee, that is simply a false statement, currently only 9 states allow hounds to be used to hunt deer but nearly every state allows the utilization of dogs to hunt other game species many not requiring an special license to do so. I ask the delegates to understand that the vast majority of the members of the hound hunting organizations are land owners as well in addition to all of the landowners who lease or allow hound hunting on their land support the tradition of hound hunting. This bill creates a permit allowing the DWR create and issue permits on a may issue criteria with visual permit requirements for hounds and vehicles. If Additional funding is needed to police game laws the bill should be amended to a license just like an archery or muzzleloading license that is a shall issue. Additionally the cost for said license should be reduced and required for all that utilize or partcipate in any type of hunting that utilizes a dog. Dogs are already required to have owner contact info on their collar and their vehicles have state issued license plates therefore marking is not necessary. Lastly the only ones who should be exempt from license purchase are those that utilize dogs to hunt on their own land. This simplifies the requirements and makes it fair for all parties. Basically if big game is harvested and checked in and the use of dogs is checked as a part of big game license registering process they should be required to have a dog hunting license or be exempt as a land owner. I hope that you find this as a reasonable comprise. Additionally there needs to be some sort of recourse for false complaints or accusations. If this bill continues as is it will create more tensions between those who utilize dogs to hunt and those who don't like the use of hunting dogs. False complaints will continue to increase cause additional hunter harassment and tension between hunters and those that oppose it. Thank you for your time. V/R, B. C. Bunch
Please support HB507. These backup generators that emit greenhouse gasses and noise need to be regulated.
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Plans for data centers in my locality have been announced within close proximity to both schools and residential areas, including within feet of some low-income neighborhoods. In addition, many residents where I live in Southwest Virginia already suffer from disproportionately high burdens of respiratory disease, including asthma and black lung disease, as a legacy from the region’s extractive economy. HB507 includes important safeguards that would help improve the transparency and responsible operation of data centers in localities like mine. I encourage you to support HB507.
Invasives should be pulled or killed by herbicide and not be permitted to be sold in nurseries
HB589 - Data centers; certain data from water users, water use consumption.
Hello Delegates, I am writing in opposition of HB1396. This bill had been brought fourth by landowners groups that falsely claim to represent and maximize property owners rights when in fact they are property owners that want to end the tradition of hound hunting. This is proven by these groups comments on their own social media pages. These groups have made claim that only 8 states allow the use of hounds to hunt, a stat quoted by delegates in the subcommittee, that is simply a false statement, currently only 9 states allow hounds to be used to hunt deer but nearly every state allows the utilization of dogs to hunt other game species many not requiring an special license to do so. I ask the delegates to understand that the vast majority of the members of the hound hunting organizations are land owners as well in addition to all of the landowners who lease or allow hound hunting on their land support the tradition of hound hunting. This bill creates a permit allowing the DWR create and issue permits on a may issue criteria with visual permit requirements for hounds and vehicles. If Additional funding is needed to police game laws the bill should be amended to a license just like an archery or muzzleloading license that is a shall issue. Additionally the cost for said license should be reduced and required for all that utilize or partcipate in any type of hunting that utilizes a dog. Dogs are already required to have owner contact info on their collar and their vehicles have state issued license plates therefore marking is not necessary. Lastly the only ones who should be exempt from license purchase are those that utilize dogs to hunt on their own land. This simplifies the requirements and makes it fair for all parties. Basically if big game is harvested and checked in and the use of dogs is checked as a part of big game license registering process they should be required to have a dog hunting license or be exempt as a land owner. I hope that you find this as a reasonable comprise. Additionally there needs to be some sort of recourse for false complaints or accusations. If this bill continues as is it will create more tensions between those who utilize dogs to hunt and those who don't like the use of hunting dogs. False complaints will continue to increase cause additional hunter harassment and tension between hunters and those that oppose it. Thank you for your time. V/R, B. C. Bunch
Please support HB589. We need full disclosure of the water demsnds of data centers. It is not possible to make sensible plans while data center operators hide behind nondisclosure agreements.
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I represent Wise County residents as one of the county's elected Soil and Water Conservation Directors and support HB589. Multiple data center projects are currently being planned for our county - which straddles the Tennessee and Big Sandy watersheds - with proposals to both utilize existing public water supplies and develop new and significant groundwater withdrawals for these data centers. This includes the establishment of new groundwater withdrawals adjacent to an existing municipal water source. To date, however, quantitative information on these facilities' anticipated water use has been withheld from public disclosure. Without this information, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality cannot accurately prepare a Regional Water Supply Plan for our region, nor can local stakeholders adequately participate in the plan development process in an informed manner. HB589 would ensure that officials have the data necessary to ensure safe and stable water supplies for all Virginians. I encourage you to support HB589.
Invasives should be pulled or killed by herbicide and not be permitted to be sold in nurseries
Please support HB402. It will allow small cottage foods producers to grow reach a larger consumer base, without the need to upgrade to a commercial kitchen, which is exceedingly expensive and lots of red tape for permitting. This is also a way to make it less restrictive for anyone wanting to get started with home produced uninspected foods which will support independence and community food resilience and keep revenue cycling within the local economy.
There are no laws protecting the rights of property owners from bad actor dog hunters. There are plenty of law, abiding dog hunters, but there are also too many non-law, abiding dog hunters. They have the right to trespass on property and the often hunt illegally from roads. We’ve had them cut holes and fences to allow their dogs through. We own over 2500 acres in western Goochland County and it is almost impossible to police it. It would be much easier if they did not have the right to trespass. We’ve had law-enforcement tell us they can’t do anything because no laws are being broken and there aren’t enough game wardens to help. Please pass this law and protect tax paying property owners from harm! Also, with regard to data centers and light pollution, thank you for putting these bills forward to regulate. The local governments are doing a terrible job. Goochland County is a perfect example of data center threats and I do not want Goochland County to be the next Loudon County. What’s happened to property owners there is horrible! I’m concerned about air pollution, water, pollution, light pollution, noise pollution and energy and water consumption from those centers. Obviously, society needs those centers, but they should be put far away from residential areas wherever they are built and companies who are building them should have to pay for the necessary infrastructure.
HB1152 - Carbon market participation; coastal and marine resources.
Hello Delegates, I am writing in opposition of HB1396. This bill had been brought fourth by landowners groups that falsely claim to represent and maximize property owners rights when in fact they are property owners that want to end the tradition of hound hunting. This is proven by these groups comments on their own social media pages. These groups have made claim that only 8 states allow the use of hounds to hunt, a stat quoted by delegates in the subcommittee, that is simply a false statement, currently only 9 states allow hounds to be used to hunt deer but nearly every state allows the utilization of dogs to hunt other game species many not requiring an special license to do so. I ask the delegates to understand that the vast majority of the members of the hound hunting organizations are land owners as well in addition to all of the landowners who lease or allow hound hunting on their land support the tradition of hound hunting. This bill creates a permit allowing the DWR create and issue permits on a may issue criteria with visual permit requirements for hounds and vehicles. If Additional funding is needed to police game laws the bill should be amended to a license just like an archery or muzzleloading license that is a shall issue. Additionally the cost for said license should be reduced and required for all that utilize or partcipate in any type of hunting that utilizes a dog. Dogs are already required to have owner contact info on their collar and their vehicles have state issued license plates therefore marking is not necessary. Lastly the only ones who should be exempt from license purchase are those that utilize dogs to hunt on their own land. This simplifies the requirements and makes it fair for all parties. Basically if big game is harvested and checked in and the use of dogs is checked as a part of big game license registering process they should be required to have a dog hunting license or be exempt as a land owner. I hope that you find this as a reasonable comprise. Additionally there needs to be some sort of recourse for false complaints or accusations. If this bill continues as is it will create more tensions between those who utilize dogs to hunt and those who don't like the use of hunting dogs. False complaints will continue to increase cause additional hunter harassment and tension between hunters and those that oppose it. Thank you for your time. V/R, B. C. Bunch
I urge you to support HB1152 to convene a work group to evaluate the benefits and impacts of establishing a Blue-Green Carbon Credit Fund. This will be useful information to guise future policies. These carbon credits may help reestablish and protect seagrass beds that are nurseries for blue crabs and other important species. We need to learn how Virginia can benefit or if there is any reason not to pursue this.
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HB1266 - Environmental Justice in Permitting Process Guidance Memo; DEQ to publish an updated version.
The Environmental Law and Community Engagement Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law, on behalf of its client, the AMMD Pine Grove Project, appreciates this opportunity to submit comments in support of HB1266 (Tran). The AMMD Pine Grove Project is caretaker of the historic Pine Grove School in Cumberland County, Virginia, which opened in 1917. It was built as part of the Tuskegee-Rosenwald Schools initiative, a campaign spearheaded by philanthropist Julius Rosenwald and Tuskegee's Founding Principal, Booker T. Washington. There was an acute need to provide educational opportunities for African American children at a time when Jim Crow oppression barred them from attending most public schools throughout the American South. Thousands of Tuskegee-Rosenwald school buildings were constructed to help serve that need. Yet today, only a few of these buildings remain. Valiant efforts to preserve the historic Pine Grove School today are being led by the Agee, Miller, Mayo, and Dungy families, whose ancestral ties are deeply rooted in the historic Pine Grove School and the community that surrounds it. They founded the AMMD Pine Grove Project, an organization that now includes former Pine Grove students and current community members. As a result of the AMMD Pine Grove Project's efforts, the school has earned a place on the National Register of Historic Places and on the Virginia Landmarks Register. You can learn more about ongoing preservation efforts in the short documentary, "Pine Grove: More Than A School." Unfortunately, these efforts are now threatened by a proposed landfill on property adjacent to the school building on Pinegrove Road. Because of the proposed landfill, the Pine Grove School was included on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s list of America's Most Endangered Places for 2021. Permitting processes for the landfill remain ongoing. The AMMD Pine Grove Project and neighbors continue to organize and advocate to preserve their history while opposing the landfill. HB1266 would provide an important framework for protecting valuable resources like the Pine Grove School. If this legislation passes, we would look forward to working with DEQ on the adoption of implementing regulations.
The Environmental Law and Community Engagement Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law, on behalf of its client, the AMMD Pine Grove Project, appreciates this opportunity to submit the attached letter in support of HB1266 (Tran).
Hello Delegates, I am writing in opposition of HB1396. This bill had been brought fourth by landowners groups that falsely claim to represent and maximize property owners rights when in fact they are property owners that want to end the tradition of hound hunting. This is proven by these groups comments on their own social media pages. These groups have made claim that only 8 states allow the use of hounds to hunt, a stat quoted by delegates in the subcommittee, that is simply a false statement, currently only 9 states allow hounds to be used to hunt deer but nearly every state allows the utilization of dogs to hunt other game species many not requiring an special license to do so. I ask the delegates to understand that the vast majority of the members of the hound hunting organizations are land owners as well in addition to all of the landowners who lease or allow hound hunting on their land support the tradition of hound hunting. This bill creates a permit allowing the DWR create and issue permits on a may issue criteria with visual permit requirements for hounds and vehicles. If Additional funding is needed to police game laws the bill should be amended to a license just like an archery or muzzleloading license that is a shall issue. Additionally the cost for said license should be reduced and required for all that utilize or partcipate in any type of hunting that utilizes a dog. Dogs are already required to have owner contact info on their collar and their vehicles have state issued license plates therefore marking is not necessary. Lastly the only ones who should be exempt from license purchase are those that utilize dogs to hunt on their own land. This simplifies the requirements and makes it fair for all parties. Basically if big game is harvested and checked in and the use of dogs is checked as a part of big game license registering process they should be required to have a dog hunting license or be exempt as a land owner. I hope that you find this as a reasonable comprise. Additionally there needs to be some sort of recourse for false complaints or accusations. If this bill continues as is it will create more tensions between those who utilize dogs to hunt and those who don't like the use of hunting dogs. False complaints will continue to increase cause additional hunter harassment and tension between hunters and those that oppose it. Thank you for your time. V/R, B. C. Bunch
NAACP considers cumulative impacts as the aggregated long-term consequences of multiple environmental and economic stressors that disproportionately affect frontline communities. This bill is a vital instrument for addressing the historical overburden and systemic disinvestment in these communities, which have resulted in the deterioration of property values, quality of life, public health, and natural resources. By establishing a more comprehensive data-driven framework in the permitting process, this bill seeks to create a critical path to the restoration and revitalization of existing frontline communities while minimizing the potential for further damage. Therefore, we support this bill to consider cumulative impacts of pollution in the permitting process.
One helping of French fries probably won't hurt you, but a helping of French fries every day will have a cumulative impact. For too long, permits have been treated in isolation, as though nothing preceded this particular request and no further requests will be made. The reality is that the same communities suffer the cumulative impacts of many permitted activities that cumulate into a degraded environment. State agencies need to consider the cumulative impact before granting a permit. The public deserves an opportunity to weigh in on proposals. HB1266 provides for this and I urge you to pass this bill.
Dear Chair and Members of the Committee, On behalf of Lynnhaven River NOW, I write in strong support of HB 1266. This bill would require permitting decisions to reflect how pollution is experienced – accumulating across multiple sources and stressors – rather than evaluating each facility in isolation. For communities in Virginia Beach and across Hampton Roads, cumulative impacts are not theoretical. Residents can face overlapping burdens from air emissions, water pollution, contaminated sediments, heavy truck and roadway exposure, and flooding-driven runoff that moves pollutants through connected waterways – ultimately affecting the Lynnhaven River and the Chesapeake Bay. HB 1266 provides a practical, science-based way to ensure that communities already carrying disproportionate burdens are not asked to absorb still more. HB 1266 aligns Virginia’s permitting with the best available science. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have emphasized that cumulative impact assessment helps account for the “totality of exposures” and supports more equitable, health-protective decision-making. Likewise, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has advanced guidance recognizing that permitting has too often failed to reflect the lived reality of overburdened communities facing multiple stressors at once. HB 1266 would move the Commonwealth toward that more realistic and protective approach. HB 1266 strengthens meaningful public participation. The bill requires early, accessible outreach – including multilingual notice within a defined radius, a public hearing, comment periods, and a documented response to community concerns – so engagement is not a box-checking exercise, but a genuine opportunity to shape decisions that affect health and quality of life. Research on cumulative-impact policies underscores that robust procedural protections and authentic engagement are essential to building trust and improving outcomes. HB 1266 supports responsible growth with clearer expectations. By setting a transparent framework – requiring additional mitigation when a project would cause or contribute to adverse cumulative impacts on an environmental justice community – HB 1266 encourages better siting, earlier problem-solving, and fewer downstream conflicts. For these reasons, we respectfully urge you to report HB 1266 and advance it. Sincerely, Lynnhaven River NOW
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Invasives should be pulled or killed by herbicide and not be permitted to be sold in nurseries
Opposed to these bills
HB1502 - Standby generators; DEQ shall conduct a study of generators used by by commercial facilities, etc.
Hello Delegates, I am writing in opposition of HB1396. This bill had been brought fourth by landowners groups that falsely claim to represent and maximize property owners rights when in fact they are property owners that want to end the tradition of hound hunting. This is proven by these groups comments on their own social media pages. These groups have made claim that only 8 states allow the use of hounds to hunt, a stat quoted by delegates in the subcommittee, that is simply a false statement, currently only 9 states allow hounds to be used to hunt deer but nearly every state allows the utilization of dogs to hunt other game species many not requiring an special license to do so. I ask the delegates to understand that the vast majority of the members of the hound hunting organizations are land owners as well in addition to all of the landowners who lease or allow hound hunting on their land support the tradition of hound hunting. This bill creates a permit allowing the DWR create and issue permits on a may issue criteria with visual permit requirements for hounds and vehicles. If Additional funding is needed to police game laws the bill should be amended to a license just like an archery or muzzleloading license that is a shall issue. Additionally the cost for said license should be reduced and required for all that utilize or partcipate in any type of hunting that utilizes a dog. Dogs are already required to have owner contact info on their collar and their vehicles have state issued license plates therefore marking is not necessary. Lastly the only ones who should be exempt from license purchase are those that utilize dogs to hunt on their own land. This simplifies the requirements and makes it fair for all parties. Basically if big game is harvested and checked in and the use of dogs is checked as a part of big game license registering process they should be required to have a dog hunting license or be exempt as a land owner. I hope that you find this as a reasonable comprise. Additionally there needs to be some sort of recourse for false complaints or accusations. If this bill continues as is it will create more tensions between those who utilize dogs to hunt and those who don't like the use of hunting dogs. False complaints will continue to increase cause additional hunter harassment and tension between hunters and those that oppose it. Thank you for your time. V/R, B. C. Bunch
Please support HB1502. We need emissions standards for data centers' standby generators.
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HB154 - Data centers; use of emergency generation unit, disclosure requirements.
Hello Delegates, I am writing in opposition of HB1396. This bill had been brought fourth by landowners groups that falsely claim to represent and maximize property owners rights when in fact they are property owners that want to end the tradition of hound hunting. This is proven by these groups comments on their own social media pages. These groups have made claim that only 8 states allow the use of hounds to hunt, a stat quoted by delegates in the subcommittee, that is simply a false statement, currently only 9 states allow hounds to be used to hunt deer but nearly every state allows the utilization of dogs to hunt other game species many not requiring an special license to do so. I ask the delegates to understand that the vast majority of the members of the hound hunting organizations are land owners as well in addition to all of the landowners who lease or allow hound hunting on their land support the tradition of hound hunting. This bill creates a permit allowing the DWR create and issue permits on a may issue criteria with visual permit requirements for hounds and vehicles. If Additional funding is needed to police game laws the bill should be amended to a license just like an archery or muzzleloading license that is a shall issue. Additionally the cost for said license should be reduced and required for all that utilize or partcipate in any type of hunting that utilizes a dog. Dogs are already required to have owner contact info on their collar and their vehicles have state issued license plates therefore marking is not necessary. Lastly the only ones who should be exempt from license purchase are those that utilize dogs to hunt on their own land. This simplifies the requirements and makes it fair for all parties. Basically if big game is harvested and checked in and the use of dogs is checked as a part of big game license registering process they should be required to have a dog hunting license or be exempt as a land owner. I hope that you find this as a reasonable comprise. Additionally there needs to be some sort of recourse for false complaints or accusations. If this bill continues as is it will create more tensions between those who utilize dogs to hunt and those who don't like the use of hunting dogs. False complaints will continue to increase cause additional hunter harassment and tension between hunters and those that oppose it. Thank you for your time. V/R, B. C. Bunch
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There are no laws protecting the rights of property owners from bad actor dog hunters. There are plenty of law, abiding dog hunters, but there are also too many non-law, abiding dog hunters. They have the right to trespass on property and the often hunt illegally from roads. We’ve had them cut holes and fences to allow their dogs through. We own over 2500 acres in western Goochland County and it is almost impossible to police it. It would be much easier if they did not have the right to trespass. We’ve had law-enforcement tell us they can’t do anything because no laws are being broken and there aren’t enough game wardens to help. Please pass this law and protect tax paying property owners from harm! Also, with regard to data centers and light pollution, thank you for putting these bills forward to regulate. The local governments are doing a terrible job. Goochland County is a perfect example of data center threats and I do not want Goochland County to be the next Loudon County. What’s happened to property owners there is horrible! I’m concerned about air pollution, water, pollution, light pollution, noise pollution and energy and water consumption from those centers. Obviously, society needs those centers, but they should be put far away from residential areas wherever they are built and companies who are building them should have to pay for the necessary infrastructure.
Please vote for HB154 to provide the public with fair warning when a data center runs a generator that subjects people to noise and fumes.
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