Word: deqe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Decision backed a January ruling by the state Department of Environmental Quality (DEQE) that the power plant's planned diesel engines--designed to produce electricity--would also produce too much nitrogen oxide, an air pollutant...
...hearing will be the last appeal within the DEQE; appeals of that hearing would then enter the courts. Harvard, in fact, already has a suit on file in the Suffolk Country Superior Court in case the appeal decision goes against Harvard...
...addition to the DEQE appeal hearing, a trial that may test the DEQE's power to impose certain prohibitions on construction is also slated for this fall. The DEQE has approved the portions of the power plant designed to produce steam and chilled water, but prohibited installation of the diesel generators. University counsels interpret these decisions as permitting installation of all the components of the power plant other than the generators...
...DEQE, however, ruled on June 29 that in addition to the generators themselves, other items relating to the electricity generators could not be installed. These items include piping, ducting and storage facilities. A trial in the Suffolk Country Superior Court will test this case on its merits on September 19. Until then, Harvard has a temporary injunction restraining the DEQE or the state Attorney General's Office from enforcing the decision...
This conflict points to an issue crucial to the power plant controversy: Harvard argues that it must continue construction at a fast rate or costs will skyrocket, while power plant opponents fear that the extensive construction only serves to strengthen the University's case for a reversal of the DEQE decision. Bracken said University officials involved with the construction "are moving ahead as fast as they possibly can--the more they put in, the more difficult it will be to stop them."Mission Hill residents last April delivered a petition against the Medical School Area power plant to President...