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The Devens Enterprise Commission (DEC) — over the objections of abutting neighbors — unanimously approved a new monitoring scheme today for determining whether noise from the Evergreen Solar factory on Barnum Road is within the limits allowed by commission regulations.

The vote by the 10-member commission follows weeks of data gathering at Harvard and Evergreen sound measurement sites, highly technical and public debates between contending sound specialists, and threats of future legal action by Harvard residents who feel Evergreen noise deprives them of their property without compensation. If Evergreen can show in coming weeks and months that noise from its factory is consistently at or below the levels set by the new protocol, DEC can decide that the company is in compliance and issue a permanent certificate of occupancy. Continue reading →