MA: Biomass Project Wins Final Air Quality Plan Approval, Reaction Mixed

By Buffy Spencer, The Republican

Friday, July 01, 2011, 5:53 PM

On Thursday the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection issued a Conditional Air Quality Plan Approval to Palmer Renewable Energy for a biomass-fired power generating facility at 1000 Page Blvd…

Susan Reid of the Conservation Law Foundation said Friday the state agency “has profoundly let down the people of Springfield in issuing a permit.”

Frank P. Fitzgerald, lawyer for the developer, said, “We’re pleased that the state regulators and their experts have reviewed our science and the facts behind our project and reaffirmed that it is a clean and safe source of renewable energy for the community.”

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