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The complete 190-page application Amazon submitted to IDEM for review and approval. This is not an issued IDEM permit.
Used to verify: Generator inventory, Fuel storage, Potential emissions, Requested limits, Federal and Indiana rules
Open sourceRequires covered developers to execute a project-specific reimbursement agreement and deposit funds for actual professional, advertising and recording costs associated with City review of land-use and financing-incentive applications. The agreement controls the reimbursable amount. Its litigation language concerns enforcement of the reimbursement agreement and does not, by itself, prove payment of every third-party lawsuit-defense invoice.
Used to verify: Developer reimbursement framework, Attorney and engineering review costs, Deposit and payment requirements, Limits of litigation language
Open source ↗Lists major site-plan review with a reimbursement agreement as $150 plus the costs stated in that agreement. It also applies reimbursement-agreement costs to annexations and requested code or comprehensive-plan amendments.
Used to verify: Current reimbursement-agreement fees, Major site-plan review, Annexation and plan-amendment costs
Open source ↗Records the Commission holding certain engineering and legal claims so costs could be applied to existing developer reimbursement agreements. These examples concern other developments, so they establish City practice rather than Amazon-specific payment.
Used to verify: Reimbursement agreements used in City practice, Professional claims held for developer payment, Non-Amazon comparison
Open source ↗The mayor attributes $102 million in projected 2026 payments to the project, followed by $43 million in 2027, $40 million in 2028 and approximately $50 million annually after full buildout. These are attributed projections, not proof that all future payments have been received.
Used to verify: Mayor’s revenue projection, Projected payment schedule, Public-official attribution
Open source ↗Reports Mayor Huddlestun’s projection that Hobart could receive approximately $1.5 billion in additional revenue over 35 years. The figure is a long-term projection attributed to the mayor, not a realized net-return calculation.
Used to verify: $1.5 billion attributed projection, 35-year time horizon, Projection-versus-realized distinction
Open source ↗Explains that Indiana state and local public records are requested under the Access to Public Records Act, while the federal Freedom of Information Act applies to federal-agency records. Requests generally must identify existing records with reasonable particularity.
Used to verify: APRA terminology, Difference between APRA and federal FOIA, Record-specific request guidance
Open source ↗Approves the NIPSCO-Amazon customer contract and related GenCo power-purchase arrangements, with service expected to begin in 2027 and ramp through 2032.
Used to verify: Power plan, Service schedule, Customer protections
Open source ↗Addresses GenCo’s 2,600 MW combined-cycle gas resources and 400 MW battery-storage resource for expected megaload service.
Used to verify: GenCo construction, Generation capacity, Battery storage
Open source ↗Approves NIPSCO’s multi-step electric base-rate settlement. The order predates the June 2026 Hobart Amazon and GenCo approvals and ties its implementation steps to 2025 plant balances and approved rate adjustments.
Used to verify: Current base-rate timeline, Cause 46120 rate steps, Distinction from Hobart GenCo approvals
Open source ↗Approves a separate NIPSCO public-system peaking-generation project at the Schahfer site, with approved cost recovery. It is not the Hobart Amazon GenCo resource portfolio.
Used to verify: Separate Schahfer project, Public-system cost recovery, Distinction from Hobart GenCo
Open source ↗Explains that NIPSCO’s base rates were approved in June 2025 and that separate trackers are reviewed and approved on quarterly, semiannual or annual schedules. A bill change can therefore have more than one cause.
Used to verify: Base-rate timing, Tracker context, How to evaluate a bill change
Open source ↗A complete 39-page, web-optimized copy of the submitted civil plan set for the SBN520 parcel showing proposed mass grading, six future building pads, approximately 115 acres of disturbance, stormwater controls and mapped wetland/floodplain boundaries. Page content is preserved while image resolution is reduced for public web viewing. It is not an air permit, a final building approval or proof that the work is complete.
Used to verify: SBN520 site layout, Grading boundary, Stormwater controls, Wetland buffers
Open sourceA five-page technical review of the 117.1-acre mass-grading plan. The reviewer marked the third submittal adequate for minimum City stormwater and IDEM construction-stormwater requirements and directed the applicant to submit a Notice of Intent. The form expressly excludes review of other required permits.
Used to verify: Stormwater plan review, 117.1-acre review scope, Notice of Intent requirement, Review limitations
Open source ↗The adopted ordinance addresses data centers in M-1 Light Manufacturing zoning and sets a 65-decibel property-line maximum for data-center noise, except during emergencies caused by power outages. It also retains octave-band and nuisance provisions.
Used to verify: M-1 zoning context, 65-decibel property-line standard, Power-outage exception, Octave-band limits
Open source ↗Declares and confirms the approximately 723-acre project area as an Economic Revitalization Area. A February 18, 2026 final trial-court order later confirmed the ERA designation and the real-property abatements challenged by residents.
Used to verify: Economic Revitalization Area, Tax-abatement case record, City action challenged
Open source ↗Approves a 10-year, 100% real-property abatement for each eligible building. The project-wide Statement of Benefits estimates more than 400 permanent Amazon positions at $37.44 per hour. The agreement requires annual compliance reporting and provides a process for denying the abatement after a demonstrated material failure to substantially comply.
Used to verify: Real-property abatement, Job and wage estimates, Annual compliance review, Community impact payments
Open source ↗Approves the real-property tax-abatement agreement associated with Hobart Owner LLC. A February 18, 2026 final trial-court order confirmed the City’s ERA designation and real-property abatement actions.
Used to verify: Hobart Owner abatement, Tax-abatement case record, City action challenged
Open source ↗Approves a 35-year, 100% exemption for qualified enterprise IT equipment in each eligible building and a community enhancement agreement scheduling $175 million in contributions. It also records per-building impact payments and project commitments covering acoustics, roadway work, fire training, construction mitigation and responsible bidding.
Used to verify: Enterprise IT exemption, $175 million contribution schedule, Per-building impact payments, Additional project commitments
Open source ↗The public advocacy site supplied the statements evaluated in the Claim Checker and links to several useful municipal records. Its homepage metadata says it was last modified May 11, 2026, before Amazon’s July 2026 air application, so several project estimates are stale.
Used to verify: Claims selected for review, Advocacy context, Links to City records
Open source ↗Case-number and party-name searches identified 45D11-2512-MI-000644, 45D04-2601-PL-000022 and 45D10-2606-RA-000007. The first and third matters remain active. The second docket still displays a pending label, but its signed February 18 order is final and appealable; no notice of appeal or appellate case was identified in the MyCase records reviewed. MyCase cautions that official records must be obtained from the court maintaining the case.
Used to verify: Current case status, Case numbers, Docket chronology, Post-March filings
Open source ↗File-stamped complaint in Cause No. 45D11-2512-MI-000644 challenging rezoning, a right-of-way vacation and the first fill permit. A complaint states the plaintiffs’ allegations and requested relief; it is not a court finding. The linked copy is hosted on the plaintiffs’ public-information site.
Used to verify: Original zoning and fill-permit allegations, Filing date, Requested relief
Open source ↗File-stamped complaint in Cause No. 45D04-2601-PL-000022 challenging the ERA designation, two real-property abatements and the enterprise IT exemption. These are plaintiffs’ allegations, not adjudicated facts. The linked copy is hosted on the plaintiffs’ public-information site.
Used to verify: Tax-incentive allegations, Resolutions challenged, Requested relief
Open source ↗The signed, file-stamped nine-page order found standing and denied judgment on the evidence, but granted motions to dismiss or bar the first-fill-permit challenge for failure to exhaust administrative remedies and timely file the board record. The court expressly did not reach the preliminary-injunction issue. The linked copy is hosted on the plaintiffs’ public-information site.
Used to verify: March 26 procedural ruling, Standing, First-fill-permit dismissal, Issues not decided
Open source ↗The signed 11-page order denied the residents’ petition for judicial review and confirmed the Common Council’s ERA designation and real-property tax-abatement actions. It found that statutory procedures were followed, the Council’s decision was supported by substantial evidence and the plaintiffs did not meet the burden to set it aside. The order did not adjudicate Resolution 2026-04’s enterprise IT exemption because the court found no appeal process or authority to revisit it.
Used to verify: Final tax/ERA ruling, Petition denied, ERA designation confirmed, Real-property abatements confirmed, Resolution 2026-04 limitation
Open sourceThe signed three-page order denied the plaintiffs’ motion to reconsider the March 26 ruling. The court found that the motion repeated earlier arguments and presented nothing new, leaving the first-fill-permit procedural dismissal in place.
Used to verify: Reconsideration denied, March 26 ruling left in place, Post-March court ruling
Open sourceThe signed order granted a joint request to use consolidated briefing deadlines in the original zoning/fill-permit case. It is a scheduling ruling, not a decision consolidating the cases or deciding the merits.
Used to verify: July briefing schedule, Procedural status, No merits ruling
Open sourceCause No. 45D10-2606-RA-000007 challenges the Plan Commission’s May 7 site-plan actions associated with applications 26-12 and 26-14. The petition’s claims about notice, process, engineering, traffic, utilities, sound and environmental issues are allegations, not court findings. No merits order was identified through July 26, 2026.
Used to verify: Third related court case, May 7 site-plan allegations, Pending judicial review
Open source ↗The official agenda and meeting video document public hearings for proposed data-center site-plan applications 26-12 and 26-14. The later resident petition seeks judicial review of the Commission’s actions on those applications.
Used to verify: Applications 26-12 and 26-14, May 7 Plan Commission meeting, Official meeting video
Open source ↗A predictive report about Prince William, Fauquier and King George Counties and Warrenton, Virginia. It is not a Hobart site study and does not establish sound levels at Hobart receivers.
Used to verify: Geographic scope of linked noise report, Methodology limitations, Non-Hobart context
Open source ↗Merrillville’s official page describes the neighboring Hobart data-center campus as currently under construction. It corroborates active project work but does not identify every activity occurring on the site.
Used to verify: Current construction status, Active Hobart project work, Regional observation
Open source ↗The mayor stated that a $45 million city payment is tied to the first building going vertical and described the project as being built in 2026. This supports a planned 2026 milestone, not proof that vertical construction has begun.
Used to verify: Vertical-construction milestone, 2026 construction expectation, City payment trigger
Open source ↗The official 55-minute community webinar hosted by the Northwest Indiana Forum, with presentations from Amazon representatives and remarks from Hobart Mayor Josh Huddlestun. It is useful for attributed company and city statements, commitments and projections; it is not an IDEM permit, independent technical study or neutral regulatory finding.
Used to verify: Attributed city and Amazon statements, Water and cooling projections, Power and battery presentation, Generator operating expectations, Sound and site-design projections, Community-program commitments
Open source ↗Planning record for a 1,500 MW Hobart load addition and related 345-kV transmission work, with a March 2027 expected in-service date.
Used to verify: Transmission upgrades, Grid planning, Expected schedule
Open sourceLebanon-area public record for a separate temporary natural-gas generation proposal. It is a comparator, not evidence of a Hobart plan.
Used to verify: Lebanon comparison, Draft status, Public participation
Open source ↗Federal operating requirements for stationary compression-ignition engines, including the emergency and non-emergency operating categories.
Used to verify: Runtime rules, Maintenance and testing, Emergency operation
Open source ↗Public mapping source used for general location and zoning context. The site map is informational and is not a legal survey.
Used to verify: Location context, Zoning context, Distance bands
Open source ↗Explains that written-comment periods are usually 30 days, how a draft notice supplies submission instructions, hearing requests and IDEM’s notice of decision.
Used to verify: Permit process, Usually 30-day comment period, Hearing requests, Final decision
Open source ↗Distinguishes Part 70/Title V permits from FESOP synthetic-minor permits and explains how enforceable potential-to-emit limits keep an eligible source below Title V major-source thresholds.
Used to verify: FESOP definition, Synthetic-minor context, Title V distinction
Open source ↗Lists public-notice and U.S. EPA proposal requirements by permit type. The New Source FESOP Minor PSD/Emission Offset row lists public notice and does not list proposal to U.S. EPA.
Used to verify: FESOP review path, Public notice, EPA proposal distinction
Open source ↗Official notice page covering Lake County. Draft air-permit notices list the comment deadline, project contact and instructions for submitting comments or requesting a hearing.
Used to verify: Lake County notices, Draft-permit documents, Comment deadlines, Project contacts
Open source ↗Provides the official mailing-list contact for air-permit notices and general Office of Air Quality permit-assistance information. The future project notice will provide the actual comment-submission contact.
Used to verify: Interested Parties Mailing List, Air-permit notice alerts, Office of Air Quality contact
Open source ↗Permit version gate
July 2026
Submitted to IDEM for review and approval. Not an IDEM-issued permit.
Open documentNot yet published
Reserved for the draft document and public-comment record when IDEM publishes them.
Not yet issued
Reserved for the approved permit and enforceable conditions if IDEM issues the permit.
None
Future revisions will be preserved as separate dated versions rather than replacing earlier records.
Entity artwork
Until public-use rules or written authorization are documented, the site uses equally prominent text identity cards instead of sponsor-style logos.
| Entity | Current treatment | Reason | Policy source |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEM | permitted | Official artwork may be used unaltered without implying endorsement. | Review ↗ |
| U.S. EPA | permission required | EPA requires external parties to obtain permission to reproduce its seal or logo. | Review ↗ |
| Amazon Web Services | text only | AWS says ordinary third-party fair use should be plain text, not its logo. | Review ↗ |
| NIPSCO / NiSource | pending | No general third-party logo license was identified; text identity remains until authorized. | Review ↗ |
| NIPSCO Generation LLC (GenCo) | text only | GenCo is presented by its legal name; no separate public logo is invented. | Review ↗ |
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