Tazewell County adds safety-data requirement to large-scale solar siting rules

Jun 3, 2025

The Board of Supervisors amended the county's solar siting process to require applicants to provide material and product safety data sheets for current and prior large-scale solar facilities and to forward those sheets to the sheriff's office and county administration.

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The Tazewell County Board of Supervisors voted June 3 to amend its solar energy facility siting ordinance to require companies building large-scale projects to provide material safety data sheets (MSDS) and product safety data sheets (PSDS) for any prior or current facilities under their corporate umbrella and to forward those documents to the sheriff's office and county administration.

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