In axing the claims of 34 York County residents complaining over a farm’s use of foul-smelling biosolids, the state Supreme Court has ruled that using the sewage byproduct falls within the Right to Farm Act’s definition of a “normal agricultural” operation.
The justices ruled Dec. 21 in Gilbert v. Synagro Central that Section 954(a) of the Right to Farm Act precludes nuisance claims that involve actions found to be normal under the act, and further determined that spreading biosolids, which is a fertilizer made from processed sewage sludge, is a normal practice.
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