B757 CREW DEPARTS WITH EEC AND ENG LIMITER FAILED; AFTER TALKING TO MAINTENANCE AND LOOKING IN THE MEL TO DETERMINE LEGALITY.

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AFTER PUSHBACK AND BOTH ENGS WERE STARTED; WE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING: L EEC AND ENG LIMITER EICAS MESSAGES; ASSOCIATED LCL ALERTS AT EEC SWITCH AND ENG LIMITER. THE CAPT CALLED FOR THE ASSOCIATED CHKLISTS WHICH WE SELECTED AND ACCOMPLISHED. WE THEN REFED THE DEFERRAL MATRIX; REFED THE MEL; AND DETERMINED THAT BTB WAS NOT REQUIRED. THE L ENG EEC (INOP) MESSAGE WAS THE HIGHER AUTH MESSAGE AND WE FOCUSED ON THAT MEL IN OUR DISCUSSION. THE CAPT TELEPHONED MAINT AND DISCUSSED THE SITUATION WITH THEM. THE CAPT THEN RPTED TO ME THAT WE WERE GOOD TO GO; AND THAT A DEFERRAL AND CTL NUMBER WOULD BE ISSUED AT THE NEXT STATION. THERE WERE NO PERFORMANCE PENALTIES. THE MEL FOR L EEC DID NOT CONTAIN A PROVISIONAL REQUIREMENT THAT ASSOCIATED ENG LIMITER BE OPERATIVE; AND THE CHKLIST HAD DIRECTED US TO SELECT THE ASSOCIATED ENG LIMITER SWITCH OFF ANYHOW. THE PROB WAS THAT WE NEVER REFED THE MEL FOR ENG LIMITER INOP. IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTN UPON LNDG AT NEXT STATION THAT THE ENG LIMITER MEL REQUIRED THAT THE ASSOCIATED EEC TO BE OPERATIVE. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO OUR MISSING THIS ADDITIONAL MEL: THE CAPT WAS VERY RUSHED AND INTENSE AS OPPOSED TO SLOW AND METHODICAL. THE STATION AND MECH (ON INTERPHONE) WERE CONSTANTLY BARRAGING US WITH QUERIES AS TO OUR STATUS. THIS BECAUSE THE OTHER ACFT WAS ALSO PUSHING BACK AND THEY NEEDED TO KNOW WHETHER TO HOLD THAT ACFT TO XFER VOLUME. THE CAPT LET HIMSELF BECOME PART OF THAT DISCUSSION INSTEAD OF CONCENTRATING ON WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN HIS OWN COCKPIT. THIS WAS FURTHER EXACERBATED BY THE FACT THAT HE WAS ALSO ON THE PHONE WITH MAINT AND READING A CHKLIST; REFING AN MEL AND A DEFERRAL MATRIX; ALL AT THE SAME TIME. ANOTHER FACTOR WAS THE SOMEWHAT CONFUSING AND POSSIBLY EVEN CONTRADICTORY MEL. I CAN SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER INTENDING TO REF THE MEL FOR ENG LIMITER. DISTRS; AND THE CAPT'S RPT OF HIS CONVERSATION WITH MAINT (CLRING US TO GO); LED ME AWAY FROM THIS. WE DID NOT DO THE DEFERRAL UNTIL LNDG AT THE NEXT STATION.