Yucca Growth Infrastructure, LLC-YGI Microgrid Air Quality Construction Permit Application

Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/03/26 @ 8:47 PM

Yucca Growth Infrastructure's gas-powered fuel cell plant is 1,000 times larger than Bloom Energy's biggest existing fuel cell plant. In fact, worldwide, Bloom Energy has developed 1.4 GW of fuel cell technology across more than a thousand locations,...↓ yet Yucca Growth Infrastructure is asking for nearly double that (2.46 GW of fuel cells) at a singular location. The largest fuel cell plant in the entire world is more than 30 times smaller than the fuel cell plant under consideration in Santa Teresa. There is absolutely no way to know, with certainty, what the actual pollution levels will be given the tremendous size differential, and thus gap in data, between operational fuel cell plants and this theoretical plant proposed by Yucca Growth Infrastructure. Betting the livability of our county on this unpredictable and unproven plan would be a total capitulation and betrayal of your so-called values: "protects the public health of New Mexicans...by preventing the deterioration of air quality;" "protect and restore the environment...foster a healthy NM for present and future generations"

Though approximations of annual air pollution were provided, the testing used an extremely weak methodology leaving us, ultimately, with pseudoscientific guesses that have large margins of error. Estimated pollution levels for this gas-powered fuel cell plant are based on only three 4-hour pollution tests from a very small unit (only 65 kW). This is a far cry from thousands of sweltering fuel cells operating 24/7 at maximum output in close proximity, all in the scorching heat of our open desert. The lack of rigorous testing at even this small of a scale is lazy and very concerning, especially given that the gas power plant Yucca Growth Infrastructure wants to build is 37,000 times bigger than this unit.

A 15% "safety margin" was added to the numbers provided by the applicant. Safety margins are not usually added if a company is confident in the accuracy of their pollution estimates. Even small variations from this superficial test will result in massively different levels of pollution and given that the plant will be 37,000 bigger than the testing unit, a 15% safety margin is completely insufficient–it could work as a margin for a single unit, but not the entire plant. If a unit has a 0.01% chance of failing (sounds promising right?), the odds of 37,000 of those units working perfectly at the same time is 2.47% (pathetically low feasibility). That means there is a 97.53% chance that the plant will experience at least one failure. What will the exact level of redundancy be? Will more fuel cells be rubberstamped or pollution levels overlooked in five years or less due to age-related inefficiencies?

What about cases of catastrophic failure? Are we approving those deadly incidents of pollution in advance without any real data informing us of the risks at this scale? Highly flammable hydrogen under high pressure only needs a microscopic crack to leak out, ignite, explode, and level entire neighborhoods and schools while sending shockwaves into nearby counties. Assuming this risk, an act of gross negligence, at a scale that has never even remotely been demonstrated in practice would be unbelievably careless. These permits must be denied outright. If further deliberation is desired, a public hearing in Santa Teresa is non-negotiable.

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Comment From: Shane Dobbins

7/03/26 @ 8:46 PM

There is absolutely NO reason a mega ai data center should be built anywhere in the world data centers are nothing but awful to the world by 2060 or so we won't have clean drinking water cause of these said data centers they create problems with wate...↓

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Comment From: Janelis Whye Granados

7/03/26 @ 8:46 PM

We should not have anymore data centers built we don't need phones and we for sure don't need ai. I am fully against project Jupiter !!!!

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Comment From: Mariah Flores

7/03/26 @ 8:45 PM

I am a resident of Philadelphia, and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to one day have children and know that they will survive on t...↓

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Comment From: Robyn Vazquez

7/03/26 @ 8:44 PM

No place needs data centers especially in New Mexico! They are killing the planet and we already struggle with our water supply. Do not build a data center here!

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Comment From: Eve n/a

7/03/26 @ 8:43 PM

The proposed design has an individual exhaust stack on each fuel cell, of which there will be 2,275. It would be inefficient to place monitors and controls on each individual stack and there are NO proposed pollution controls on any of these stacks. ...↓How, then, will this project show evidence of their compliance with emissions limit requirements under Title V? Has there been or will there ever be upstream fuel testing of methane gas to anticipate the composition of these fuel cells' emissions? How exactly will NMED enforce emissions standards without direct, long-term, continuous monitoring? Or isolate their deleterious impact on air quality without an accurate assessment of localized pollution? A fuel cell can continue to generate electricity or maintain operating temperatures while experiencing catalyst degradation which causes a massive spike in the release of carbon monoxide or Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). This project would need to centralize the 2,275 individual stack emissions into an exponentially smaller number of exhaust systems so that Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS) installed on these central exhaust systems can provide real-time, accurate data about operational compliance. As it is, this design plan completely fails to provide monitoring conditions that are "practically enforceable" under 20.2.70.302.B NMAC. A proposal, such as this one, that relies on computer simulation modeling instead of actual, measured air pollution at scale is invalid, untrustworthy, and far from what residents of Doña Ana County and New Mexico deserve. What data was used to train these models? When and where was this data collected? What proportion of those involved in the development of this model have, at any time, received money from the corporations involved? How much? If NMED allows group testing for this project, 99% of the exhaust stacks at this facility will never be physically tested during the entire life of the Title V permit.This creates an unmonitored loophole that violates the Clean Air Act's mandate for continuous compliance. We know the pollution approximations provided are based on an extremely lazy testing methodology and while we were not told whether these 4 tests were even done on-site or during peak temperatures, we can safely assume the applicants cut corners here as well in an attempt to fast track this approval. As I write this, Project Jupiter is draining an undisclosed amount of water from our shared aquifer on a daily basis. Given the statistical invalidity of their pollution estimates, approving this air permit under any circumstance would be to allow this project to introduce unmitigated and undisclosed hazards into our air without consequence. Children attending Santa Teresa Elementary School will sit innocently, every day, LESS THAN ONE MILE from this pollution. Three other schools, an elder care center, and three public parks sit within around 4 miles of this project. Deny this air permit. Gambling with the fragile health of our children and elders would be a complete defilment of the authority vested in you.

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Comment From: Mindy Tong

7/03/26 @ 8:43 PM

I am a resident of New York City and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have a safe...↓

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Comment From: anonymous anonymous

7/03/26 @ 8:42 PM

Pollution and climate problems. Project Jupiter and the Data center will cause a lot of harm to this planet. The environment and the climate will be completely messed up. We don't need AI as much everyone thinks we do. People lose the capacity of thi...↓

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Comment From: Octavia Wood

7/03/26 @ 8:34 PM

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit application should be denied outright given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dum...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/03/26 @ 8:32 PM

Project Jupiter is a climate disaster and data centers use tons of water, the public does not want Project Jupiter we don't need AI or want it.The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so communi...↓

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Comment From: Zariah Blakely

7/03/26 @ 8:29 PM

Please do not proceed with the jupiter project! These data have only proved themselves to be annoying and disruptive!

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participa...↓

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Comment From: Laure T

7/03/26 @ 8:27 PM

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Comment From: David Declarador

7/03/26 @ 8:22 PM

I am begging you to stop this, once all the water is dried up, and all the animals are gone, and the trees are cut down, you will realize that AI cannot create anything we need to survive. Building data centers will just take and take and take until ...↓

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Comment From: Kira McKinney

7/03/26 @ 8:22 PM

This data center is a complete waster of time, resources, and energy. This money could have been used to solve so many other problems that the president has already gotten us into. Nobody wants these data centers except the people who will not be imp...↓

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Comment From: Inês Brito

7/03/26 @ 8:21 PM

The proposed design has an individual exhaust stack on each fuel cell, of which there will be 2,275. It would be inefficient to place monitors and controls on each individual stack and there are NO proposed pollution controls on any of these stacks. ...↓How, then, will this project show evidence of their compliance with emissions limit requirements under Title V? Has there been or will there ever be upstream fuel testing of methane gas to anticipate the composition of these fuel cells' emissions? How exactly will NMED enforce emissions standards without direct, long-term, continuous monitoring? Or isolate their deleterious impact on air quality without an accurate assessment of localized pollution? A fuel cell can continue to generate electricity or maintain operating temperatures while experiencing catalyst degradation which causes a massive spike in the release of carbon monoxide or Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). This project would need to centralize the 2,275 individual stack emissions into an exponentially smaller number of exhaust systems so that Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS) installed on these central exhaust systems can provide real-time, accurate data about operational compliance. As it is, this design plan completely fails to provide monitoring conditions that are "practically enforceable" under 20.2.70.302.B NMAC. A proposal, such as this one, that relies on computer simulation modeling instead of actual, measured air pollution at scale is invalid, untrustworthy, and far from what residents of Doña Ana County and New Mexico deserve. What data was used to train these models? When and where was this data collected? What proportion of those involved in the development of this model have, at any time, received money from the corporations involved? How much? If NMED allows group testing for this project, 99% of the exhaust stacks at this facility will never be physically tested during the entire life of the Title V permit.
This creates an unmonitored loophole that violates the Clean Air Act's mandate for continuous compliance. We know the pollution approximations provided are based on an extremely lazy testing methodology and while we were not told whether these 4 tests were even done on-site or during peak temperatures, we can safely assume the applicants cut corners here as well in an attempt to fast track this approval. As I write this, Project Jupiter is draining an undisclosed amount of water from our shared aquifer on a daily basis. Given the statistical invalidity of their pollution estimates, approving this air permit under any circumstance would be to allow this project to introduce unmitigated and undisclosed hazards into our air without consequence. Children attending Santa Teresa Elementary School will sit innocently, every day, LESS THAN ONE MILE from this pollution. Three other schools, an elder care center, and three public parks sit within around 4 miles of this project. Deny this air permit. Gambling with the fragile health of our children and elders would be a complete defilement of the authority vested in you.
The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit application should be denied outright given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dumping hazardous waste. Approving this permit would be government-sponsored environmental racism directed at residents of Doña Ana County.
If the permit is not denied outright, a public hearing needs to be held in Santa Teresa, in both English and Spanish, with an option to participate virtually.

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Comment From: Roman Peniaško

7/03/26 @ 8:20 PM

I want to end the human caused speeding up of climate change.

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit application should...↓

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Comment From: Maria Gossin

7/03/26 @ 8:16 PM

We don't need Ai to live it's destroying our planet and stealing our water. The intention of project jupiters investors is to make more money and they have little regard towards human life and safety.

The public should be given an additional 60 days...↓

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Comment From: anonymous anonymous

7/03/26 @ 8:11 PM

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Comment From: Lilliana Grandy

7/03/26 @ 8:07 PM

This will be the end of humanity...For real this time.

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit application should be den...↓

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Comment From: Itzel Zavala

7/03/26 @ 8:04 PM

The building of data centers is decimating our environment. They are unnecessary and unwanted by the communities in which you build them. Don't ignore the people that make you the money you love more than the planet you live on.

The public should be...↓

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Comment From: ruby n/a

7/03/26 @ 8:00 PM

I am writing to express my strong opposition to Project Jupiter. This project poses significant environmental risks and fails to consider the long-term consequences for our community and the planet. We must prioritize sustainable solutions that prote...↓

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Comment From: Constança Palricas

7/03/26 @ 7:58 PM

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Comment From: Brookelyn Howard

7/03/26 @ 7:56 PM

Project Jupiter will not only affect water, climate, but our animals. It will lower their water supply, pollute the water, and severely affect the animals. Please, PLEASE think about what you're doing before you go through with this. Also, a data cen...↓

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Comment From: Delaney Loftin

7/03/26 @ 7:55 PM

I think every kid should be able to have clean water in the future or at least some and this is going to ruin our environment if we let it happen.
The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so com...↓

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Comment From: Jake n/a

7/03/26 @ 7:52 PM

From what you can see in my information, I am not American. The hatred for this 'project' has left the boarders of America and reached the wider world. What you are doing is going to damage our O zone layer, our environment more than what you think. ...↓Your money hungry minds cannot think beyond what happens to you. People have no water, and not just the people near your 'projects', all over the world and YOU are using the resources that could save their lives. You're killing habitats by just building this 'project'. Creatures, little lives that keep our food cycle running smoothly, animals that help us grow our food. You destroy plants. Plants that keep our air clean, that make it so each breath isn't painful. The air quality permit application should be denied given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dumping hazardous waste. You really want to support that? This isn't any woke bs. This is real life, this is what's happening. Plants that provide food for us and for the little creatures. I have one question for you. How selfish do you have to be, to go through with this. You can still stop. No one is forcing you to continue. For a moment, think about everyone BUT yourself. Please. This message comes from someone on the other side of the world. If that doesn't make you stop and think, "maybe what I'm going is a bit wrong", there is no hope in you ever caring for anything but yourself. I am lucky I have just come across this before the date and I don't even live there. The people of the area and the wider world should have more time to tell you their needs. They need more time. They need their 60 days. If the permit is not denied, a public hearing needs to be held in Santa Teresa, in both English and Spanish, with an option to participate virtually. People who this doesn't reach, need to be able to express their opinions and needs. Approving this permit would be government-sponsored environmental racism as residents of Doña Ana County are already disproportionately impacted by environmental pollution. The people here, their air is already not up to standard. You cannot tell me this doesn't sound like a movie. The air they breathe, is harming them. They do not need anymore pollutants in their air. What if it was your home place? You can say on TV all you want that if you were them you'd support it, you wouldn't care about breathing in that toxin filled air but we all know, no one wants that. No one says "mm I feel like I'd live better if my air I breathe was harming me". You do not want toxic chemical pollutants and 10 million tons of carbon dioxide in your air. Stop the entirety of 'Project Jupiter'.

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Comment From: Blake Gibb

7/03/26 @ 7:47 PM

This is so wrong on so many levels it is going to disrupt the eco system, release 10 million tons of carbon monoxide annually and ai is not something we need we as a society benefit really little from ai it is useless and harmful!

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/03/26 @ 7:47 PM

STOP PROJECT JUPITER! WE NEED WATER TO SURVIVE! DO YOU WANT THE NEXT GENERATIONS TO SUFFER?!? THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE GIVEN AN EXTRA 60 DAYS TO REVIEW AND COMMENT ON THE AIR QUALITY PERMIT SO COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN PARTICIPATE EQUITABLY. THE AIR QUALITY ...↓

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Comment From: Eden Melton

7/03/26 @ 7:46 PM

we need water more then we need AI. AI provides nothing that humans cant together and alone. Water isnt something to be taken for granted.

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/03/26 @ 7:44 PM

I am a resident of this planet, i have family not far from the site of project jupiter. I cannot understand why something like this is necessary, why you are sacrificing the health, the lives, the survival of future generations for 'technological adv...↓

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Comment From: Nina Cordelli

7/03/26 @ 7:43 PM

I urge the Environment Department to deny the Yucca Growth Microgrid permit, and to deny any permits related to Project Jupiter at large. This project is wildly unpopular with the public. It is not wanted and not needed. Any approval of environmental...↓

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Comment From: Lauren Spivey

7/03/26 @ 7:43 PM

No one wants this stupid data center. Just because you want to enhance your already privileged life doesnt mean you can sacrifice everything around you that others need to survive. Everyone who is building / calling for the construction of this data ...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/03/26 @ 7:41 PM

Please stop Project Jupiter. It's very dangerous for our planet and environment, and it can cause severe environmental damage to our planet as this impacts our climate system and our population as well. We don't need more data centers for ai, which u...↓

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Comment From: Angelina Garduño

7/03/26 @ 7:39 PM

I oppose the building of project Jupiter. It will RUIN the state of New Mexico. The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably. The air quality permit ap...↓

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Comment From: melody leong

7/03/26 @ 7:39 PM

STOP THE PROJECT

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit application should be denied outright given Bloom Energy's hist...↓

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Comment From: Lyn lynxie

7/03/26 @ 7:38 PM

I do not want project Jupiter to happen because it will damage our planet. Earth already is in a bad state. Climate change, pollution, melting icebergs and so more. Data centres use up alot of water, our drinking water. If project Jupiter happens the...↓

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Comment From: Danielle Schlobohm

7/03/26 @ 7:37 PM

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Comment From: Jakobína Guðmundsdóttir

7/03/26 @ 7:36 PM

It should be considered a crime, not only against our planet, but against humanity that the government can take this sort of action without taking the public into account. This affects every single one of us and its completely unnecessary, we should ...↓

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Comment From: Layla Wray

7/03/26 @ 7:34 PM

Living in Memphis with the new construction of Elon musks ai monster has already been hell on earth. The summers are unbearable, the stench is growing, and my drinking water is turning brown. Not only will Project Jupiter destroy our world it will de...↓

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Comment From: Theo Shishkin

7/03/26 @ 7:32 PM

I live in Southern Doña Ana County and under no circumstances do I want experimental technology deployed at an unprecedented scale in my backyard. Yucca Growth Infrastructure's gas-powered fuel cell plant is 1,000 times larger than Bloom Energy's big...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/03/26 @ 7:31 PM

The jupiter action is just another capitalist monstrosity which is super harmful to the enviroment

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Comment From: Aeron Barbier

7/03/26 @ 7:30 PM

New Mexico Environment Department's (NMED) mission is "to protect and restore the environment and to foster a healthy and prosperous NM for present and future generations." NMED's Air Quality Bureau "protects the public health of New Mexicans and the...↓

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Comment From: Xaina Lewallen

7/03/26 @ 7:29 PM

I am not exactly positive what to wright that would make u guys truly question what your doing but I can tell you right now even with grammatical errors we do not need AI we do not want AI and all the harm it is already bringing to our society there ...↓

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Comment From: Travis Allred

7/03/26 @ 7:27 PM

I live in Farmington and I believe that putting this data center here will ultimately lead to the destruction of our own state growing up here and living here my entire life I would want to show my kids the beauty of Utah.

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Comment From: Xianaliah n/a

7/03/26 @ 7:25 PM

We don't need more data centers polluting our earth, ai and more technology is not a necessity, but our earth is. There are schools, care centers for the elderly, parks and people's houses that will get affected. It's horrible for the environment and...↓

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Comment From: Hanna Hanna

7/03/26 @ 7:24 PM

Stop killing our earth! Its not only ours, but animals live here, they were here first and now you take from them, from us, our future earth, you take away the possibility to live in a safe and healthy place. This will affect you too and you will rea...↓

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Comment From: Jerzy Hartung

7/03/26 @ 7:23 PM

I hate when nobody is equal and water is wasted. Yucca Growth Infrastructure's gas-powered fuel cell plant is 1,000 times larger than Bloom Energy's biggest existing fuel cell plant. In fact, worldwide, Bloom Energy has developed 1.4 GW of fuel cell ...↓

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Comment From: Guro Lakså

7/03/26 @ 7:23 PM

This is such a horrible idea because data centers in general pollute the water and environment around it making it unsustainable and not safe for the general public nor the wild to live there, they also produce noise pollution that is a constant remi...↓

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Comment From: anonymous anonymous

7/03/26 @ 7:22 PM

I live in a city where they're planning on putting a data center. It's the most terrifying thought. I couldn't imagine what a power plant that requires at least one million gallons of water everyday does to not only the surrounding area, but the plan...↓

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Comment From: Teddy Gaylord

7/03/26 @ 7:21 PM

This unnecessary data centre will release 10 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, which will contribute to climate change, which is already extreme enough. The Ozone Layer is healing! Let's let it heal and let's help fix our earth so we can actua...↓

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Comment From: Natalie Marrufo

7/03/26 @ 7:19 PM

Fuel cells also create hazardous waste and the fuel cell provider for this project has a history of illegally dumping this waste and hiding it for several years. This company will likely repeat its bad habits, illegally dumping dangerous and undisclo...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/03/26 @ 7:18 PM

I live in southwest Philadelphia and under no circumstances do I believe an AI data center as large as this one should be built. Rivers are drying up, due to multiple factors like greedy companies sure, but also due to increased ai usage. A single ai...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/03/26 @ 7:17 PM

Please stop this construction. Humans have lived without AI for thousands of years and we can continue to do so. We need our planet and we want to live. If there is no one left to use AI then what is the point. Do not kill our planet, do not kill our...↓

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Comment From: Nicole Jara

7/03/26 @ 7:17 PM

I strongly oppose the approval of the Fuel Cell Air Quality Permit for Project Jupiter. I urge the New Mexico Environment Department to prioritize the health and well-being of nearby communities, Tribal Nations, and future generations over industrial...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/03/26 @ 7:16 PM

Stop this ill project. WE CSN LIVE WITHOUT AI

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/03/26 @ 7:16 PM

We do not need this. It will only destroy our planet and worsen the state of society and our communities. The world is polluted enough and people are already suffering because of it, and Project Jupiter won't help in any way.

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Comment From: Madison Jenkins

7/03/26 @ 7:15 PM

Data centers are unnecessary and unethical. Please reconsider your choices. The destruction of the earth is not worth whatever illegitimate profit you may receive.

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Comment From: Georgia F

7/03/26 @ 7:15 PM

To whom it may concern, I implore you to use proper judgment and consider the environment in the matter of project Jupiter. Our climate is in an extreme crisis, and all of our current issues are only going to grow exponentially with time. The planet ...↓

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Comment From: Denyse Vargas

7/03/26 @ 7:15 PM

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/03/26 @ 7:14 PM

I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have a safe and secure future. That future is un...↓der threat with this proposed air quality permit. A change to fuel cells has minimal impacts on the suffering we will endure as a result of the gas plant's air pollution. To add 10 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution and a vague estimate of toxic emissions to our active and long-time nonattainment zone would be nothing short of blatant environmental racism. Our metro area is currently 16th worst in the nation for ozone pollution and we have received a failing grade on this air quality standard every single year since 2000. We are already breathing some of the most compromised air in the country. It is unacceptable to invite a new source of hyperscale air pollution into our communities. The carbon dioxide pollution alone will heat our atmosphere at a much faster pace and promote the formation of even more ground-level ozone. Last summer, my 7 year old suffered a grand mal seizure while on the playground at school because the extreme heat led to electrolyte imbalances. My brother works outside everyday without shade or rest breaks and has nowhere to keep his insulin cool. I can barely pay my electricity bills in the summer as it is. We cannot afford more intense heat. The other toxic air pollutants are extremely dangerous–many of them at very low levels. How am I supposed to send my kids to school knowing what they are breathing in? Knowing it can cause permanent brain damage or breathing complications before they have had a chance to grow up. Fuel cells also create hazardous waste and the fuel cell provider for this project has a history of illegally dumping this waste and hiding it for several years. This company will likely repeat its bad habits, illegally dumping dangerous and undisclosed chemicals into our public landfills, and we will just have to wait until somebody notices? Our county has and continues to face an illegal dumping epidemic so how can I be sure that these systemic oversight failures we have locally won't continue and expand to include this dangerous and experimental fuel cell operation. A fine for illegal dumping does not undo damage or its spread once our aquifer and soils are contaminated. It also will not re-capture the volatile chemicals that are released into the air when hazardous waste is improperly stored and disposed of. My family's health and safety should be worth more than the profits of out-of-state corporations. The only defensible options moving forward are to deny this air permit or you must hold a public hearing in-person in Santa Teresa with a component for virtual participation. Materials and the hearing itself must be translated into Spanish and meet any other accessibility needs requested by community members.

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/03/26 @ 7:13 PM

The proposed Data center has to much of an environmental impact. Our planet is worth more than the riches pockets.

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/03/26 @ 7:12 PM

All big corporations and AI data centers are taking up the vital recourses we need, we are estimated to have un reversible climate changes in as much as 3 years, would you like to suffer in agony for the rest of your life? Because thats what many peo...↓

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Comment From: anonymous anonymous

7/03/26 @ 7:12 PM

We don't need AI to survive. We do need nature and a healthy environment to survive. Stop Project Jupiter

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Comment From: anonymous anonymous

7/03/26 @ 7:11 PM

This needs to stop, all these tech companies do is take, take, and take. But what will you do when the well, that is nature, runs dry but give us your equally empty apologies and plies. You're not exempt from the consequences of your actions because ...↓

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Comment From: Rebecca Sadler-Szczygiel

7/03/26 @ 7:11 PM

This is horrible for the environment! I hope this isn't approved. Our children deserve a clean earth!

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Comment From: Mateo Anonymous

7/03/26 @ 7:10 PM

As a young person growing up in this world, I don't want to have to worry about my drinking water being affected in the future. As someone from Michigan, I know we're lucky to have clean drinking water but it's a privilege, not a guarantee. There are...↓

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Comment From: Brenna Burke

7/03/26 @ 7:10 PM

If we put a data center everywhere and it dries up our water supply who will be giving you money for these robots

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Comment From: Mackenzie Boedicker

7/03/26 @ 7:10 PM

We don't need this, they are gonna be destroying our planet at a faster rate than it already is!!!

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/03/26 @ 7:08 PM

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably. The air quality permit application should be denied given Bloom Energy's history of illegal dumping hazar...↓

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Comment From: London Oliver

7/03/26 @ 7:08 PM

We don't need a data center threatening our climate, drinkable water, and the well-being of our people.

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/03/26 @ 7:08 PM

If this data center is built this would distort the way of life in beautiful New Mexico. If the NMED mission is "to protect and restore the environment and to foster a healthy and prosperous Nm for present and future generations" why would you want t...↓

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Comment From: Roselyn L.

7/03/26 @ 7:06 PM

it is so disturbing and ignorant to say that this will not affect our water supply.

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Comment From: Connor cowling

7/03/26 @ 7:06 PM

Stop the use of ai

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Comment From: chazz bernard

7/03/26 @ 7:05 PM

project Jupiter is extremely unescessary and we already got limited water resources anyways ai is practically useless. stop

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Comment From: Leah Montoya

7/03/26 @ 7:05 PM

Project Jupiter affect A lot of the times we as people always want the best even if it means prioritizing ourselves first but what happens when it affects not only the people but the environment around it? When looking at the project I understand the...↓

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Comment From: Maria Eduarda Voccatore

7/03/26 @ 7:05 PM

I am a resident of Brazil and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have a safe and se...↓cure future. That future is under threat with this proposed air quality permit. A change to fuel cells has minimal impacts on the suffering we will endure as a result of the gas plant's air pollution. To add 10 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution and a vague estimate of toxic emissions to our active and long-time nonattainment zone would be nothing short of blatant environmental racism. Our metro area is currently 16th worst in the nation for ozone pollution and we have received a failing grade on this air quality standard every single year since 2000. We are already breathing some of the most compromised air in the country. It is unacceptable to invite a new source of hyperscale air pollution into our communities. The carbon dioxide pollution alone will heat our atmosphere at a much faster pace and promote the formation of even more ground-level ozone. Last summer, my 7 year old suffered a grand mal seizure while on the playground at school because the extreme heat led to electrolyte imbalances. My brother works outside everyday without shade or rest breaks and has nowhere to keep his insulin cool. I can barely pay my electricity bills in the summer as it is. We cannot afford more intense heat. The other toxic air pollutants are extremely dangerous–many of them at very low levels. How am I supposed to send my kids to school knowing what they are breathing in? Knowing it can cause permanent brain damage or breathing complications before they have had a chance to grow up.
Fuel cells also create hazardous waste and the fuel cell provider for this project has a history of illegally dumping this waste and hiding it for several years. This company will likely repeat its bad habits, illegally dumping dangerous and undisclosed chemicals into our public landfills, and we will just have to wait until somebody notices? Our county has and continues to face an illegal dumping epidemic so how can I be sure that these systemic oversight failures we have locally won't continue and expand to include this dangerous and experimental fuel cell operation. A fine for illegal dumping does not undo damage or its spread once our aquifer and soils are contaminated. It also will not re-capture the volatile chemicals that are released into the air when hazardous waste is improperly stored and disposed of. My family's health and safety should be worth more than the profits of out-of-state corporations. The only defensible options moving forward are to deny this air permit or you must hold a public hearing in-person in Santa Teresa with a component for virtual participation. Materials and the hearing itself must be translated into Spanish and meet any other accessibility needs requested by community members.

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Comment From: Allyiah Packer

7/03/26 @ 7:04 PM

We need to protect the environment. The Rio Grande is dried before summer has even started.

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air qua...↓

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Comment From: Miia Löytynoja

7/03/26 @ 7:04 PM

The proposed design has an individual exhaust stack on each fuel cell, of which there will be 2,275. It would be inefficient to place monitors and controls on each individual stack and there are NO proposed pollution controls on any of these stacks. ...↓How, then, will this project show evidence of their compliance with emissions limit requirements under Title V? Has there been or will there ever be upstream fuel testing of methane gas to anticipate the composition of these fuel cells' emissions? How exactly will NMED enforce emissions standards without direct, long-term, continuous monitoring? Or isolate their deleterious impact on air quality without an accurate assessment of localized pollution? A fuel cell can continue to generate electricity or maintain operating temperatures while experiencing catalyst degradation which causes a massive spike in the release of carbon monoxide or Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). This project would need to centralize the 2,275 individual stack emissions into an exponentially smaller number of exhaust systems so that Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS) installed on these central exhaust systems can provide real-time, accurate data about operational compliance. As it is, this design plan completely fails to provide monitoring conditions that are "practically enforceable" under 20.2.70.302.B NMAC. A proposal, such as this one, that relies on computer simulation modeling instead of actual, measured air pollution at scale is invalid, untrustworthy, and far from what residents of Doña Ana County and New Mexico deserve. What data was used to train these models? When and where was this data collected? What proportion of those involved in the development of this model have, at any time, received money from the corporations involved? How much? If NMED allows group testing for this project, 99% of the exhaust stacks at this facility will never be physically tested during the entire life of the Title V permit. This creates an unmonitored loophole that violates the Clean Air Act's mandate for continuous compliance. We know the pollution approximations provided are based on an extremely lazy testing methodology and while we were not told whether these 4 tests were even done on-site or during peak temperatures, we can safely assume the applicants cut corners here as well in an attempt to fast track this approval. As I write this, Project Jupiter is draining an undisclosed amount of water from our shared aquifer on a daily basis. Given the statistical invalidity of their pollution estimates, approving this air permit under any circumstance would be to allow this project to introduce unmitigated and undisclosed hazards into our air without consequence. Children attending Santa Teresa Elementary School will sit innocently, every day, LESS THAN ONE MILE from this pollution. Three other schools, an elder care center, and three public parks sit within around 4 miles of this project. Deny this air permit. Gambling with the fragile health of our children and elders would be a complete defilement of the authority vested in you.

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Comment From: Alicja Kaszuba

7/03/26 @ 7:03 PM

I am a resident of poland , we dont need ai to live but water. we do , im against submitting project jupiter becouse our planet is already struggling and taking her last breaths , in the next 4 years we have to make our living better not make it wors...↓

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Comment From: Mathias Danila

7/03/26 @ 7:03 PM

Ts is so unnecessary bru, people don't need ai just stop you fuckwit.

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.
The air quality permit applicatio...↓

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Comment From: Charlotte ampbell

7/03/26 @ 7:03 PM

I come from Plymouth county in MA. Even I know how terribly dangerous this data center is. it will destroy air quality fast. it will deprive those around the center of water. The Carbon emissions ALONE will impact the world in such a negative way. If...↓

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Comment From: Amie Yansane

7/03/26 @ 7:02 PM

The public should be given an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably. Project Jupiter is an exploitative project that will jeopardize the health of the community and ecosystem...↓

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Comment From: Jay Bohn

7/03/26 @ 7:02 PM

This creates an unmonitored loophole that violates the Clean Air Act's mandate for continuous compliance. We know the pollution approximations provided are based on an extremely lazy testing methodology and while we were not told whether these 4 test...↓

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Comment From: Heydi Noyola

7/03/26 @ 7:02 PM

I am a resident of Utah and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have a safe and secu...↓re future. That future is under threat with this proposed air quality permit. A change to fuel cells has minimal impacts on the suffering we will endure as a result of the gas plant's air pollution. To add 10 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution and a vague estimate of toxic emissions to our active and long-time nonattainment zone would be nothing short of blatant environmental racism. Our metro area is currently 16th worst in the nation for ozone pollution and we have received a failing grade on this air quality standard every single year since 2000. We are already breathing some of the most compromised air in the country. It is unacceptable to invite a new source of hyperscale air pollution into our communities. The carbon dioxide pollution alone will heat our atmosphere at a much faster pace and promote the formation of even more ground-level ozone. Last summer, my 7 year old suffered a grand mal seizure while on the playground at school because the extreme heat led to electrolyte imbalances. My brother works outside everyday without shade or rest breaks and has nowhere to keep his insulin cool. I can barely pay my electricity bills in the summer as it is. We cannot afford more intense heat. The other toxic air pollutants are extremely dangerous–many of them at very low levels. How am I supposed to send my kids to school knowing what they are breathing in? Knowing it can cause permanent brain damage or breathing complications before they have had a chance to grow up. Fuel cells also create hazardous waste and the fuel cell provider for this project has a history of illegally dumping this waste and hiding it for several years. This company will likely repeat its bad habits, illegally dumping dangerous and undisclosed chemicals into our public landfills, and we will just have to wait until somebody notices? Our county has and continues to face an illegal dumping epidemic so how can I be sure that these systemic oversight failures we have locally won't continue and expand to include this dangerous and experimental fuel cell operation. A fine for illegal dumping does not undo damage or its spread once our aquifer and soils are contaminated. It also will not re-capture the volatile chemicals that are released into the air when hazardous waste is improperly stored and disposed of.
My family's health and safety should be worth more than the profits of out-of-state corporations. The only defensible options moving forward are to deny this air permit or you must hold a public hearing in-person in Santa Teresa with a component for virtual participation. Materials and the hearing itself must be translated into Spanish and meet any other accessibility needs requested by community members.

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/03/26 @ 7:01 PM

Close down project Jupiter, it will deplete us from our water, ruin our air quality and overall destroy the homes of many animals CLOSE PROJECT JUPITER

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Comment From: Herman Vilman

7/03/26 @ 7:00 PM

The proposed design has an individual exhaust stack on each fuel cell, of which there will be 2,275. It would be inefficient to place monitors and controls on each individual stack and there are NO proposed pollution controls on any of these stacks. ...↓How, then, will this project show evidence of their compliance with emissions limit requirements under Title V? Has there been or will there ever be upstream fuel testing of methane gas to anticipate the composition of these fuel cells' emissions? How exactly will NMED enforce emissions standards without direct, long-term, continuous monitoring? Or isolate their deleterious impact on air quality without an accurate assessment of localized pollution? A fuel cell can continue to generate electricity or maintain operating temperatures while experiencing catalyst degradation which causes a massive spike in the release of carbon monoxide or Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). This project would need to centralize the 2,275 individual stack emissions into an exponentially smaller number of exhaust systems so that Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS) installed on these central exhaust systems can provide real-time, accurate data about operational compliance. As it is, this design plan completely fails to provide monitoring conditions that are "practically enforceable" under 20.2.70.302.B NMAC. A proposal, such as this one, that relies on computer simulation modeling instead of actual, measured air pollution at scale is invalid, untrustworthy, and far from what residents of Doña Ana County and New Mexico deserve. What data was used to train these models? When and where was this data collected? What proportion of those involved in the development of this model have, at any time, received money from the corporations involved? How much? If NMED allows group testing for this project, 99% of the exhaust stacks at this facility will never be physically tested during the entire life of the Title V permit.

This creates an unmonitored loophole that violates the Clean Air Act's mandate for continuous compliance. We know the pollution approximations provided are based on an extremely lazy testing methodology and while we were not told whether these 4 tests were even done on-site or during peak temperatures, we can safely assume the applicants cut corners here as well in an attempt to fast track this approval. As I write this, Project Jupiter is draining an undisclosed amount of water from our shared aquifer on a daily basis. Given the statistical invalidity of their pollution estimates, approving this air permit under any circumstance would be to allow this project to introduce unmitigated and undisclosed hazards into our air without consequence. Children attending Santa Teresa Elementary School will sit innocently, every day, LESS THAN ONE MILE from this pollution. Three other schools, an elder care center, and three public parks sit within around 4 miles of this project. Deny this air permit. Gambling with the fragile health of our children and elders would be a complete defilment of the authority vested in you.

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Comment From: Elena Anonymouis

7/03/26 @ 6:59 PM

STOP PROJECT JUPITER

New Mexico Environment Department should give the public an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.

The air quality permit application should be denied...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/03/26 @ 6:59 PM

This earth does not belong to us, we need to treat this earth as if it is a responsibility. God gave us this earth so that we can live with it and not experimwnt with its endurance. WHY ARE WE TRYING TO FIND OUT ABOUT STUFF WHILE RUINING THE ONE THIN...↓

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Comment From: Gabby Graves

7/03/26 @ 6:58 PM

I am a resident of GA and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have a safe and secure...↓

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Comment From: Gia morales

7/03/26 @ 6:57 PM

Project Jupiter will devastate our ecosystem and water supply. The creation of data centers hinders wildlife and the nature surrounding it. Data centers are not needed to sustain life--- water is. Taking up one of our most valuable resources to creat...↓

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Comment From: You don't need to know You don't need to know

7/03/26 @ 6:56 PM

This is a climate disaster. The ice caps have been melting. Sea levels are rising. More people die from the heat already. Yet you want to make it worse. Cause more suffering. Just so you can create a stronger AI. AI is the worst thing that humans can...↓

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Comment From: Asher Beliveau

7/03/26 @ 6:56 PM

I may not be from or in Mexico, but this is nonsense. This data center is so large it will be doing almost five times the damage normal centers do, and you government officials and billionaires just don't care! Because of people like you, animals are...↓

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Comment From: David Guerrero

7/03/26 @ 6:56 PM

Say no to Data Centers and Yes to Earth!

New Mexico Environment Department should give the public an additional 60 days to review and comment on the air quality permit so community members can participate equitably.

The air quality permit applicat...↓

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Comment From: Kelsey rust

7/03/26 @ 6:55 PM

My name is Kelsey. I am a New Mexico resident in Albuquerque, New Mexico. and I am writing because I am concerned about the risks and harms Project Jupiter poses to vulnerable and low income New Mexicans. I am submitting this comment to urge the New ...↓

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Comment From: anonymous anonymous

7/03/26 @ 6:54 PM

II am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have a safe and secure future. That future is u...↓

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Comment From: Ariel Ross

7/03/26 @ 6:54 PM

To begin, this project should be illegal. Data centers that are a fraction of the size are already detrimental to the communities and environments surrounding it. To multiply ig by 10x would do unremarkable damage to the ecosystem. The resources are ...↓

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Comment From: Alyza Dorsey

7/03/26 @ 6:53 PM

ai is a great technological advancement that should be used only for the advancement of science,space exploration, medicine advancement etc not for greedy corporations to replace their workers this is a gross use of ai and its ruining everything. Sto...↓

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Comment From: Vix whispers

7/03/26 @ 6:51 PM

unmonitored loophole that violates the Clean Air Act's mandate for continuous compliance. We know the pollution approximations provided are based on an extremely lazy testing methodology and while we were not told whether these 4 tests were even done...↓

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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/03/26 @ 6:50 PM

I am a resident of ______ and I am asking that you deny Yucca Growth Infrastructure's air quality permit. I live here with many generations of my family and this is our home. I want to continue raising my children here knowing they have a safe and se...↓cure future. That future is under threat with this proposed air quality permit. A change to fuel cells has minimal impacts on the suffering we will endure as a result of the gas plant's air pollution. To add 10 million tons of carbon dioxide pollution and a vague estimate of toxic emissions to our active and long-time nonattainment zone would be nothing short of blatant environmental racism. Our metro area is currently 16th worst in the nation for ozone pollution and we have received a failing grade on this air quality standard every single year since 2000. We are already breathing some of the most compromised air in the country. It is unacceptable to invite a new source of hyperscale air pollution into our communities. The carbon dioxide pollution alone will heat our atmosphere at a much faster pace and promote the formation of even more ground-level ozone. Last summer, my 7 year old suffered a grand mal seizure while on the playground at school because the extreme heat led to electrolyte imbalances. My brother works outside everyday without shade or rest breaks and has nowhere to keep his insulin cool. I can barely pay my electricity bills in the summer as it is. We cannot afford more intense heat. The other toxic air pollutants are extremely dangerous–many of them at very low levels. How am I supposed to send my kids to school knowing what they are breathing. In the 1950s, uranium mining moved to Navajo Nation outside of Gallup. Big companies like UNC promised new jobs. They promised wealth to residents. They promised a change in the right direction. Now, in 2026? The jobs are gone. Uranium dust lingers. Babies are born with uranium in their bodies. Our elders are dying of cancers. They made promises that they did not keep, because they knew that if they got access to our state, no financial penalty, no damage that they could cause, would be worth avoiding for the profit their companies could gain. We are a valuable resource to them, and a finite one. There's one key difference between then and now: this time, we know the consequences. We know what will happen. We will be depleted and left sick and dying. But we know how to prevent it! To this day, I have not met a single New Mexican who supports the construction of the Doña Ana County data center. Political party has had no impact on their opinions. The fact of the matter is simple: those constructing Project Jupiter have no motivation to protect New Mexicans. They have no incentive to protect our health, jobs, and land. Say no and give them hell. For OUR PEOPLE. So our children have drinking water that isn't brown. So we can water our crops. So we have inhabitable cool lands and our elders are protected from heat exhaustion.

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Comment From: Mia Davis

7/03/26 @ 6:50 PM

The proposed design has an individual exhaust stack on each fuel cell, of which there will be 2,275. It would be inefficient to place monitors and controls on each individual stack and there are NO proposed pollution controls on any of these stacks. ...↓How, then, will this project show evidence of their compliance with emissions limit requirements under Title V? Has there been or will there ever be upstream fuel testing of methane gas to anticipate the composition of these fuel cells' emissions? How exactly will NMED enforce emissions standards without direct, long-term, continuous monitoring? Or isolate their deleterious impact on air quality without an accurate assessment of localized pollution? A fuel cell can continue to generate electricity or maintain operating temperatures while experiencing catalyst degradation which causes a massive spike in the release of carbon monoxide or Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). This project would need to centralize the 2,275 individual stack emissions into an exponentially smaller number of exhaust systems so that Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS) installed on these central exhaust systems can provide real-time, accurate data about operational compliance. As it is, this design plan completely fails to provide monitoring conditions that are "practically enforceable" under 20.2.70.302.B NMAC. A proposal, such as this one, that relies on computer simulation modeling instead of actual, measured air pollution at scale is invalid, untrustworthy, and far from what residents of Doña Ana County and New Mexico deserve. What data was used to train these models? When and where was this data collected? What proportion of those involved in the development of this model have, at any time, received money from the corporations involved? How much? If NMED allows group testing for this project, 99% of the exhaust stacks at this facility will never be physically tested during the entire life of the Title V permit. This creates an unmonitored loophole that violates the Clean Air Act's mandate for continuous compliance.
We know the pollution approximations provided are based on an extremely lazy testing methodology and while we were not told whether these 4 tests were even done on-site or during peak temperatures, we can safely assume the applicants cut corners here as well in an attempt to fast track this approval. As I write this, Project Jupiter is draining an undisclosed amount of water from our shared aquifer on a daily basis. Given the statistical invalidity of their pollution estimates, approving this air permit under any circumstance would be to allow this project to introduce unmitigated and undisclosed hazards into our air without consequence.

Children attending Santa Teresa Elementary School will sit innocently, every day, LESS THAN ONE MILE from this pollution. Three other schools, an elder care center, and three public parks sit within around 4 miles of this project. Deny this air permit. Gambling with the fragile health of our children and elders would be a complete defilement of the authority vested in you.

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Comment From: Grace peters

7/03/26 @ 6:48 PM

In the 1950s, uranium mining moved to Navajo Nation outside of Gallup. Big companies like UNC promised new jobs. They promised wealth to residents. They promised a change in the right direction. Now, in 2026? The jobs are gone. Uranium dust lingers. ...↓

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