This 3,200 acre site will host Pennsylvania’s largest natural gas power plant and data center campus, according to DEP.
The application includes seven (7) 633 MWe combined cycle combustion and ten (10) 25 MWe simple cycle aeroderivative natural gas turbines, three (3) 67 MMBtu/hr auxiliary boilers, emergency generators, emergency fire water pump engines, cooling towers and fuel gas heaters.
Copies of the application, DEP’s analysis, all pertinent documents used in the evaluation of the application and subsequently prepared proposed plan approvals/operating permits are available for public review during normal business hours at the appropriate DEP Regional Office.
Appointments for scheduling a review must be made by calling the appropriate DEP Regional Office.
Individuals wishing to file a written protest or provide comments or additional information, which they believe should be considered prior to the issuance of a permit, may submit the information to the DEP’s Regional Office.
A 30-day comment period from the date of this publication will exist for the submission of comments, protests and information.
Each submission must contain the name, address and telephone number of the person submitting the comments, identification of the proposed Plan Approval/Operating Permit including the permit number and a concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to issuance of the permit.
Any individual wishing to request a hearing may do so during the 30-day comment period. A public hearing may be held, if DEP, in its discretion, decides that a hearing is warranted based on the information received.
Persons submitting comments or requesting a hearing will be notified of the decision to hold a hearing by publication in the newspaper, the Pennsylvania Bulletin or by telephone, when DEP determines this type of notification is sufficient.
Requests for a public hearing and any relevant information should be directed to the appropriate DEP Regional Office.
Individuals in need of accommodations should contact DEP through the Pennsylvania Hamilton Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD users) or (800) 654-5988 (voice users).
DEP’s Northwest Regional Office Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 163350-3481 [814-332-6945] is reviewing the application.
Questions should be directed to David Balog, P.E. New Source Review Section Chief at 814-332-06328.
Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for this application (PA Bulletin, page 3148) and the introduction to the Air Quality Plan Approval and Operating Permit Applications Section (PA Bulletin, page 3147) for more information.
Environmental Justice
DEP’s Office of Environmental Justice has been working with the Homer City Development LLC on the redevelopment of this 3,200 acre site involving a new, state-of-the-art natural gas-fired power plant. Read more here.
Contact Elspeth Koehle, DEP Northwest Environmental Justice Office, at 814-332-6101 or ekoehle@pa.gov.
More Information
Visit DEP’s Northwest Regional Office Homer City Generation Site Redevelopment webpage for more information.\
Visit the Homer City Development LLC website for more information on this project.
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Resources Links:
-- Wall Street Journal: Homer City Coal Power Plant Was Just Imploded To Make Way For An A.I. Data Center, The Country’s Largest Natural Gas Power Plant [PDF of Article]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Homer City Reinventing Itself As Datacenter Campus With Lots Of Natural Gas Power To Supply It
PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards:
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 26 to May 2: Contaminated Livestock Water Supply; Ruptured Gathering Pipeline; Failure To Comply With Shale Gas Well Plugging Order [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 3 [PaEN]
-- DEP Received Air Quality Permit For 4.6 Gigawatt Homer City Generation Natural Gas Power Plant For Data Center In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 77 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 3 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Related Articles This Week:
-- PA Senate Committee Meets May 7 On Bill To Punish Communities Taking Steps To Protect Their Residents From Health, Environmental Impacts Of Shale Gas Drilling [PaEN]
-- Ohio River Valley Institute May 6 Webinar To Announce New Report On The Growing Cost Of Plugging Thousands Of Shale Gas, Conventional Oil & Gas Wells [PaEN]
-- Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Continue To Push DEP To Legalize Road Dumping Their Wastewater [PaEN]
-- Consol Conventional Well Plugging Incident Contaminates A Livestock Water Supply, 2 Springs, Stream In Morris Twp., Greene County [PaEN]
-- Conventional Oil Well Storage Tank Rupture Causes 2,100 Gallon Spill Of Wastewater, Crude Oil In Upper Burrell Twp., Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- EPA Will Hold May 6 Virtual Hearing On Proposed Permit For A Sandstone Development Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Lafayette Twp., McKean County [PaEN]
-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Fracking Gas-Powered Cryptocurrency Mining Operation In PA Shuts Down Without A Word To Regulators, Site Found Abandoned
-- PJM Interconnection: 51 Generation Projects, 9.3 GW To Move Forward To Address Near-Term Electricity Demand Growth-- 39 Upgrades, 12 New Construction [PaEN]
-- Gov. Shapiro, CNX Resources Announce New Shale Gas Well Pad Air Monitoring Initiative [PaEN]
-- Environmental Defense Fund To Receive Dickinson College Rose-Walters Prize For Environmental Activism [PaEN]
NewsClips:
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shapiro, CNX Expand Air Quality Monitoring At A Shale Gas Drilling Site In Washington County
-- TribLive: Proposed TECfusions Data Center To Use 2 Gigawatts Of Natural Gas-Fired Electric Generation In First Phases [‘No Health Effects’ To The Community From Burning Fossil Fuels]
-- PA Reps. Nelson, Mullens, Barton Announce Legislation To Accelerate Data Center Permitting
-- LevitttownNow.com: Waste Management Opens $131 Million Landfill Gas Facility In Falls Twp., Bucks County
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: How Bucks County Landfill Produces Enough Gas To Power 63,000 Homes
-- Utility Dive: Electric, Gas Utilities Urge FERC To Launch Inquiry To Consider Natural Gas Pipeline Reliability Measures To Cope With Extreme Weather, Increased Demand
-- Grist.org: President Bypassing Community Input In US Army Corps Of Engineers Permits To Fast-Track Energy Projects That Risk Pollution
-- Financial Times: China Says It Can Live Without US Farm, Energy Goods [PA Exported $3.1 Billion In Farm Products To China In 2023]
-- Center For Biological Diversity: Federal Court Orders EPA To Reconsider Approval Of Unlimited Oil/Gas Fracking Air Pollution In Colorado
-- Courthouse News Service: Federal Court Finds EPA Overlooked Oil/Gas Fracking Emissions In Regulating Colorado Air Pollution
-- S&P Global: Reality Will Force President To Moderate US Energy ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ Policies: Fmr FERC Chair
[Posted: May 2, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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