Project Hazelnut In review
Environmental permits under review at PA DEP (2 pending, 13 issued).
Key facts
- Operator
- NorthPoint Development
- Location
- Hazle Township (Luzerne County), Pennsylvania
- Application filed
- 2024-12-03
- Stage today
- In review
Source
read 2026-10-08
What to do next
Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.
What has happened so far (15 events)
- 2024-12-03permit
GP-08 Temporary Road Crossings application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (GP084002224-010 / eFACTS auth 1508486) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2024-12-31permit
Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E4002224-013 / eFACTS auth 1511183) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2025-02-12permit
Erosion & Sediment Control Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (ESP024025001) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2025-02-14permit
Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD400093 / eFACTS auth 1516086) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2025-05-22permit
Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD400099 / eFACTS auth 1528154) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2025-08-26permit
GP-08 Temporary Road Crossings application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (GP084002225-006 / eFACTS auth 1538847) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2025-08-26permit
Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD400093-A1 / eFACTS auth 1538832) — DEP status: Pending. · source - 2025-10-08permit
Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E4002224-013A / eFACTS auth 1544936) — DEP status: Pending. · source - 2025-10-20permit
New Land Development Plan App Component 3-Commercial application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Act 537 Municipal Sewage Planning (2-40940187-3 / eFACTS auth 1546661) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2025-11-12permit
Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD400107 / eFACTS auth 1548884) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2026-02-20permit
Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E4002226-007 / eFACTS auth 1560084) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2026-02-20permit
Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E4002226-008 / eFACTS auth 1560115) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2026-03-24permit
WQM Sewer Extensions application submitted to PA DEP under WPC State Water Pollution Control (4026401 / eFACTS auth 1563856) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2026-03-30permit
WQM Major Sewage Treatment Plants application submitted to PA DEP under WPC State Water Pollution Control (4008405 / eFACTS auth 1564528) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2026-03-30permit
WQM Sewer Extensions application submitted to PA DEP under WPC State Water Pollution Control (4026402 / eFACTS auth 1564521) — DEP status: Issued. · source
Find the paper trail
Find the paper trail (15 filed · 11 places to look)
Permits already on file (15)
Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.
- 2026-03-30
WQM Major Sewage Treatment Plants application submitted to PA DEP under WPC State Water Pollution Control (4008405 / eFACTS auth 1564528) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2026-03-30
WQM Sewer Extensions application submitted to PA DEP under WPC State Water Pollution Control (4026402 / eFACTS auth 1564521) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2026-03-24
WQM Sewer Extensions application submitted to PA DEP under WPC State Water Pollution Control (4026401 / eFACTS auth 1563856) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2026-02-20
Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E4002226-007 / eFACTS auth 1560084) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2026-02-20
Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E4002226-008 / eFACTS auth 1560115) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2025-11-12
Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD400107 / eFACTS auth 1548884) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2025-10-20
New Land Development Plan App Component 3-Commercial application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Act 537 Municipal Sewage Planning (2-40940187-3 / eFACTS auth 1546661) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2025-10-08
Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E4002224-013A / eFACTS auth 1544936) — DEP status: Pending. · source - 2025-08-26
GP-08 Temporary Road Crossings application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (GP084002225-006 / eFACTS auth 1538847) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2025-08-26
Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD400093-A1 / eFACTS auth 1538832) — DEP status: Pending. · source - 2025-05-22
Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD400099 / eFACTS auth 1528154) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2025-02-14
Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD400093 / eFACTS auth 1516086) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2025-02-12
Erosion & Sediment Control Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (ESP024025001) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2024-12-31
Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E4002224-013 / eFACTS auth 1511183) — DEP status: Issued. · source - 2024-12-03
GP-08 Temporary Road Crossings application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (GP084002224-010 / eFACTS auth 1508486) — 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 Hazle Township (Luzerne 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 Hazle Township (Luzerne 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 40.957, -76.035 — 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.
Around here
- Hazle Township community briefing — Enactedexpires soon — 2026-12-05
- Pennsylvania briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts.
Other tracked projects in Pennsylvania
- West Hazelton Data Center — West Hazelton Borough (Luzerne County), 1 mi Rumored
- Unnamed Data Center — Sugarloaf Township (Luzerne County), 2 mi Rumored
- Kline Township Data Center Development — Kline Township (Schuylkill County), 5 mi In review
- Spring Mountain Quakake Tunnel — Spring Mountain / Packer / Banks Townships (Carbon County), 7 mi Rumored
- Nescopeck / Valley View Wood Data Center — Nescopeck Township (Luzerne County), 9 mi Rumored
Cite this page: GridWatch AI, “Project Hazelnut”, aigridwatch.com/projects/project-hazelnut-hazle-township-pa, retrieved 2026-10-11.
As of August 2026 (2m ago) · changes weekly — re-check before citing
A working set of identified proposals a community can track, not a census — most of the country's activity is not in here yet. Pennsylvania is the exception: its rows are synced from PA DEP's own data-center permit tracker, so the state's coverage is close to complete and carries the permit trail with it. **Each row carries its own provenance.** Rows showing a verification date link to reporting or the governing body's own record and were read on that date; rows marked *unverified* have no source on record — a lead to check, not a fact to cite. **Stage is derived, not asserted.** *Hearing scheduled*, *Awaiting decision*, *Approved* and *Withdrawn* are computed from each row's milestone dates on every rebuild, so a hearing date that has passed stops reading 'scheduled'. Hearings get moved and projects re-file under new names — treat a scheduled date as the earliest to act by, and confirm with the clerk before relying on it. Leads are mined into data/project_candidates.json and promoted here only after a human reads a primary source.
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