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Yesterday's hearing was the second time the SJC has reviewed the legality of the plant. In 1984 it decided that the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality Engineering (DEQE) had not investigated possible effects from carcinogens and ordered new hearings to review the problem. That DEQE review is what is now in question...
Michael Lambert, a Roxbury resident who represents Mission Hill in court, also filed a appeal against DEQE's January decision...
...activists also appealed the operation of the diesels in 1982. But that appeal hinged on the issue of whether enough testing had been done of the carcinogenic risks of the diesels. The current appeal focuses solely on whether DEQE can allow the operation of the power plant if it may cause deaths, Vance said...
Last month's DEQE decision gave Harvard the go-ahead to fire up MATEP's six diesel engines, which have been almost completely idle since their installation...
...DEQE study projected that MATEP's diesels could cause four lung cancer deaths over its 40-year operating life. Daniel G. Partan, a Boston University law professor who has helped Brookline's legal efforts, said that under Massachusetts statutes, DEQE cannot OK a power plant's operation if it might endanger human life...