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...appeals court rejected all of the arguments by the MATEP opponents, who have fought the plant, claiming that the diesel engines when operating will emit unsafe leves of nitrous oxides...
...three-and-a-half years, Harvard's lawyers and technical experts had wrestled with MATEP opponents over the cogeneration facility's stickiest question--whether the nitrous oxides emitted by the diesels would be at levels dangerous to residents' health. Hundreds of hours of testimony were given. Thousands of pages on the subject were compiled. And until last November, the courts and a state environmental agency had sided with Brookline and Mission Hill, requiring further controls and further delays. But between the hours of 2 a.m. and noon on Aug. 24, the final engine went to where Harvard had all along...
...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...
...work needed before the first diesel fumes rise up the 315-foot smokestack. The November DEQE approval of the engines contained 32 operating conditions, many of which require the submission of plans concerning the testing and running of the diesels. Installation of a monitoring system designed to measure nitrous oxide levels in the surrounding community also is part of the explicit operating conditions. Nevertheless, officials believe the first diesel could be ready for testing by the end of the year. MATEP will then phase in the sale of electricity to the medical area, which has received steam and chilled water...
...plant was designed to produce steam, chilled water, and electricity for the Harvard Medical Area. Objections to the facility's emission of nitrous dioxide and other pollutants have delayed since 1975 the installation of diesel generators needed to make it economically feasible...