Kline Township Data Center Development In review

Permits already on file (10)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

• 2026-05-05
  Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD540025-A2) — DEP status: Pending. · source
• 2026-05-05
  Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD540025 A-2) — DEP status: Pending. · source
• 2026-03-19
  Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD540025-A1) — DEP status: Pending. · source
• 2026-03-19
  Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD540025 A-1) — DEP status: Pending. · source
• 2026-01-20
  Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD540025 / eFACTS auth 1365919) — DEP status: Issued. · source
• 2026-01-20
  Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD540025 / eFACTS auth 1555830) — DEP status: Issued. · source
• 2025-11-26
  Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E5402222-001 / eFACTS auth 1550954) — DEP status: Issued. · source
• 2025-11-26
  GP-05 Utility Line Stream Crossings application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (GP05540221-006) — DEP status: Issued. · source
• 2025-11-26
  BWM-GP-11 Maintenance, Testing, Repair, Rehabilitation or Replacement General Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (GP115402221-011 / eFACTS auth 1550957) — DEP status: Issued. · source
• 2025-11-26
  BWM-GP-11 Maintenance /Testing / Repair / Rehabilitation / Replacement General Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (GP115402221-011 / eFACTS auth 1550957) — DEP status: Issued. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

• Pennsylvania DEPThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
• DEP Data Center Permit Tracker (the only state register built for data centers — it already feeds this tracker)Searchable public filings — search the operator, the shell LLC on the deed, and the address.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

• Search Kline Township (Schuylkill County) planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
• Search Kline Township (Schuylkill County) property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

• PJM Interconnection (Mid-Atlantic, Ohio Valley) — interconnection queueRequested megawatts, queue position and target in-service date. The MW here is the real number; the one at the town meeting is often phase one.
• Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
• FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
• Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

• EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.880, -76.014 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
• EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
• EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.