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Resident alleges graves desecration and accuses ADEM and city of falsifying records
Summary
At the ADEM hearing, Bobby Lewis accused ADEM and City of Dothan officials of falsifying records, said a state court action supported his claims, described alleged desecration of graves at the landfill site, and reported personal health impacts he attributes to contamination; the transcript shows these as allegations and records no departmental response.
Bobby Lewis, who said he speaks for himself and his community, made a series of allegations about the Dothan Sanitary Landfill during the public comment period. Lewis said prior court actions "affirmed" his allegations and accused ADEM and the city of lying and falsifying records. He said private wells on his farm are contaminated and described personal health problems he attributed to the landfill. Lewis also said graves on the landfill site — many he described as African American graves — were desecrated and that city and ADEM personnel were aware of them and took no action.
Lewis presented these claims as part of his public comment; the hearing transcript records no response from ADEM staff or other officials during the session. His comments included a reference to a legal matter he identified as "Attellus versus ADEM" and to a person he named as having previously raised graves concerns. Because these are allegations made in public comment, they remain unresolved in the hearing record; they will be part of the administrative record ADEM reviews before issuing its final decision.
