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Public urges stricter air-quality limits for proposed data center; city schedules developer Q&A

Santaquin City Council · January 21, 2026
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Summary

A resident urged Santaquin City Council to expand nuisance ordinances and require stricter generator emission tiers and public air-quality reporting for a proposed data center; staff reminded the council of an open public meeting with the developer on Jan. 29.

A public commenter pressed Santaquin City Council on Jan. 20 to tighten local rules for a proposed data center, urging the council to expand the city’s nuisance ordinance and to require stricter emissions limits and public air-quality reporting.

Dustin Holden, the public forum signer, urged the council to "amend ordinance 505-07-2015 to expand the definition of nuisance by explicitly including emissions that cause health risk, offensive odors, fumes, or air contaminants" and to require conditional-use permits for the data-center zone. He proposed requiring "ultra-low emission generators or tier 4" and quarterly…

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