Granville Farms, Inc. v. County of Granville

STEELMAN, Judge.

Defendant, Granville County (County), appeals the trial court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of plaintiff, Granville Farms, Inc. For the reasons discussed herein, we affirm the trial court.

Plaintiff, Granville Farms, is a farming and biosolids application company located in Granville County, North Carolina. It applies biosolids to land. Biosolids, also known as residuals, consist of the sludge generated from the treatment of domestic sewage in waste-water treatment plants. The predominant use of biosolids is land application to farms for fertilizer. At the time plaintiff…