The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) has delayed a landfill expansion project in Dothan, Alabama, by saying the municipal owners of the landfill did not properly identify all adjacent land owners.
According to an online report by the Dothan Eagle, the ADEM rescinded a City of Dothan landfill permit issued in 2015 “because the city failed to identify all adjoining landowners during the application process.”
Rescinding the permit was sought in a lawsuit by two Dothan residents.
City officials quoted by the Eagle said the city government will again go through all necessary steps and resubmit any and all paper work relevant to expanding the landfill.
The Eagle calls the June 2016 revocation “the latest in a series of obstacles the City of Dothan has faced in its intent to expand the city landfill at its current site.” The Dothan landfill reached its capacity in 2014 and the city has subsequently been hauling garbage to a nearby privately-owned landfill until it can get its expansion project approved.
As the expansion project continues to meet delays, “it is expected to cost Dothan a total of several million dollars to haul the city’s garbage elsewhere” in the meantime, according to the newspaper.
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