Greater Lawrence Sanitary District v. Town of North Andover

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Greater Lawrence Sanitary District (GLSD) and defendant New England Fertilizer Company (NEFCO) brought this action based on defendant Town of North Andover’s (North Andover) refusal to grant a site assignment for construction of a new wastewater treatment facility in North Andover by GLSD.3 This matter is before the Court on plaintiff GLSD and defendant NEFCO’s joint motion for summary judgment on all counts of the complaint.4 The dispositive issue is whether North Andover or the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has the authority to grant or deny a site…