【文章标题】：EPA says power for data centers can sidestep pollution laws
【文章标题】：美国环保署称数据中心电力可规避污染法规
【文章正文】：
EPA Issues Permitting Guidance to Further President Trump’s Agenda Promoting Data Centers and Safeguarding Communities
【文章正文】：美国环保署发布许可指南 推进特朗普总统促进数据中心发展及保护社区议程
WASHINGTON – This month, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued guidance clarifying that the Clean Air Act (CAA) Acid Rain Program (ARP) does not apply to power generation facilities that are not connected to a public electricity grid, commonly referred to as “islanded” power generation facilities.
华盛顿讯——本月，美国环境保护署（EPA）发布指南明确表示，《清洁空气法案》（CAA）的酸雨计划（ARP）不适用于未接入公共电网的发电设施（通常称为”孤岛式”发电设施）。
The guidance expands opportunities for companies to develop and operate islanded power generation facilities for data centers. This will give developers greater flexibility in where and how quickly they can build new facilities while helping to protect the environment and reducing burdens on communities’ electric grid.
该指南为企业开发运营数据中心专用孤岛式发电设施提供了更多可能性。这将使开发商在选址和建设速度上获得更大灵活性，同时有助于保护环境并减轻社区电网负担。
This guidance furthers the principals of President Donald Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge, which was expanded last week during an event at EPA. Companies that sign the President’s pledge are committing to build, bring, or buy all of the energy needed to power their facilities and to pay the full cost of that energy and its supporting infrastructure, no matter what.
该指南推进了特朗普总统”费率payer保护承诺”的原则，该承诺上周在EPA活动中得到扩展。签署总统承诺的企业需确保自建、引入或购买其设施所需全部电力，并承担能源及配套基础设施的完整成本。
Ratepayer Protection Pledge extends those obligations across the full chain of parties whose decisions determine what a family pays each month: the electric utilities that set rates, the developers that build the facilities, and the States that regulate both.
”费率payer保护承诺”将这些义务延伸至整个决策链：制定电价的公用事业公司、建设设施的开发商，以及实施监管的各州政府。
“Ensuring that the United States maintains our artificial intelligence dominance is essential to national security and economic prosperity. At the same time, it is equally important that we safeguard our communities from utility price hikes,” said EPA Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation Aaron Szabo.
EPA空气与辐射办公室助理署长亚伦·萨博表示：“确保美国保持人工智能领先地位对国家安全和经济繁荣至关重要。同时，保护社区免受公用事业价格上涨影响同样重要。”
“This guidance will provide an avenue to do both. EPA is proud to further the President’s agenda through commonsense approaches to regulating.”
”本指南为实现这两个目标提供了途径。EPA很自豪能通过常识性监管方法推进总统议程。”
EPA’s guidance clarifies that under the best reading of the CAA, the ARP applies to facilities that sell electricity or are required to report as a generating unit to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
EPA指南明确，根据对《清洁空气法案》的最佳解读，酸雨计划适用于出售电力或需向美国能源部（DOE）申报为发电单元的设施。
Because “islanded” power generation facilities neither sell electricity nor have required reporting to DOE, EPA has concluded that these facilities are not subject to the ARP. If a company develops a power generation facility that is not grid connected, but at a future date the company does connect the facility to the grid, the facility may be subject to the provisions in the ARP.
由于”孤岛式”发电设施既不售电也无需向能源部申报，EPA认定这些设施不受酸雨计划约束。但若企业后期将原未联网的发电设施接入电网，则该设施可能需遵守酸雨计划条款。
To read EPA’s guidance, visit here.
查阅EPA完整指南请访问此处链接。