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...MATEP was cloudy. Since breaking ground in 1976, the plant, designed to provide the energy needs of 13 Harvard-affiliated hospitals and research institutions, met stiff, vocal community groups who feared for their lungs and lives. A series of decisions by the state Department of Environmental Quality Engineering (DEQE) had repeatedly stalled installation of MATEP's crucial engines--which are the vital link in the cogeneration process--sending the University in search of further pollution safeguards...
...last September, at "hot spot" hearings examining the potential impact of the plant's emissions at already heavily-trafficked areas, Harvard turned the regulatory tables, as the DEQE staff testified that under explicit operating guidelines the plant would be safe. DEQE Deputy Commissioner David Fierra, in response, approved the diesels in November under strict but livable conditions, which include monitoring systems and agreement to shut down if nitrous oxides in the area exceed state-set levels...
Lewis M. Horiwitz, co-chairman of the NOMATEP group, said yesterday there are a minimum of 28 points that a "fair-minded judge" could use to reverse the DEQE decision. He added that the town of Brookline and NOMATEP are committed to take the necessary legal measures to block the installation of the engines if the petition for a rehearing fails
Community spokesmen yesterday refused to elaborate on when or where the demonstrations would be, but Charlotte Ploss, a member of the NOMATEP coalition, said last week's ruling by David A. Fierra, deputy commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Quality Engineering (DEQE) was "a bought decision" that her group would fight through public demonstrations...
...filed a petition to overturn Fierra's decision, but Dr. John G. Hermos, spokesman for the Brookline opponents said yesterday he is not optimistic about the appeal's chances. He said that although the petition is "an excellent document," he is "not particularly hopeful" that it will succeed, given DEQE's "track record...