HB 1986 LIMITS Digital Gateway Development

House Bill 1986 (Roem) will soon be considered by the House Committee on Commerce and Energy. We need to encourage Committee members to support this bill so it can advance to the full House for a vote.

Your help is needed TODAY. Follow the instructions below to send your message of support to Committee members and the bill’s sponsor.

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1) Paste the following message into the body of your e-mail template:

Dear Delegates,

I am writing to encourage your support for HB 1986.

This common sense legislation shall:

Require any land disturbance related to the construction, expansion, or operation of enterprise data center operations that is located within one mile of any land (i) owned or operated as a unit of the National Park Service or (ii) designated as a Virginia State Park or state forest to infiltrate, evaporate, or reuse the predicted stormwater runoff volume that exceeds the stormwater runoff volume experienced at such site prior to such land disturbance.

Responsible data center siting and environmental stewardship is essential if we are to live in harmony with these necessary industrial facilities. Citizens throughout the Commonwealth require the reasonable precautions this bill prescribes to ensure that growth of this industry is managed in a prudent manner which protects our natural and historic assets.

Thank you.

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2) Paste the following into the subject line of your e-mail template:

Support for HB 1986 (Relating to stormwater management regulations; enterprise datacenter operations)

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3) Paste the following addresses into the “To” block of your e-mail template (change semi-colons to commas if required by your email app):

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4) Add your signature block (with complete address) at the bottom of your e-mail.

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5) Send.

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The Pageland Lane beneficiaries are out in force to kill Danica Roem’s bill HB 1986 (attached). See their handiwork at: https://hodspeak.house.virginia.gov/committees/H23/bills/HB1986/comments. Some are posting multiple times.

This requires YOUR opposing input.

You can also:

Go to: House of Delegates Speak (virginia.gov) .
Scroll down and click the check box next to HB 1986.
Click the “Next” button at the bottom of the page.
Enter your comments.
Click the green “Submit Comments” button at the bottom of the page.

Here’s an example of comments you could post (but please write your own):

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I strongly support HB 1986, which is common sense-legislation to ensure prudent environmental measures and appropriate locations for data center operations. Responsible data center siting and environmental stewardship is essential if we are to live in harmony with these necessary industrial facilities. Citizens throughout the Commonwealth require the reasonable precautions this bill prescribes to ensure that growth of this industry is managed in a prudent manner which protects our natural and historic assets.

I implore you to resist voices of those who oppose such environmentally responsible measures solely because they inhibit unfettered profiteering.

Thank you.

Do both of these TODAY – your email and your comments at House of Delegates Speak – then forward this e-mail to your friends and neighbors and ask them to follow suit.

Please make a donation now to the Coalition so that we can continue even more effective activities to stop the destruction of the place we call home. We can’t do all this without your financial and personal support!

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