Word: fierra
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When the residents refused to move, DEQE deputy commissioner David Fierra, who called the meeting, called the capitol police to his offices on the 21st floor of 100 Cambridge St. and tried to move the meeting downstairs...
...residents were protesting Fierra's decision of last week to reopen hearings on the environmental effects of the plant's proposed diesel engines, which MATEP needs to be cost-and energy-efficient...
Opponents charged that Fierra's decision was biased in favor of Harvard because the hearing--now scheduled to begin August 26--will only deal with the issue of whether diesel emissions will cause pollution in certain "hot spots" to rise above safe levels...
...months later, the agency's general counsel reminded Fierra that the proposal was still sitting on his desk. In late April, about 30 residents "stopped being pleasant" and sat in on the DEQE offices downtown and marched to the State House to ask for new hearings on the plant...
...fiasco entered the ninth inning only last week when Fierra finally turned down the proposal, claiming that not enough information had been seen. Lashman promised to seek administrative and, failing that, judicial redress...