# ENERGY COOPERATIVE
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Source Agrees
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27999`
- **Case Number:** 05-1992-0136
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Source Agrees
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ENERGY COOPERATIVE, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ENERGY COOPERATIVE, INC., (ECI), FORMER OWNER AND OPERATOR   OF THE ECI SITE, HAS BEEN IN BANKRUPTCY SINCE 1981.  THE     BANKRUPTCY STARTED AS A CHAPTER 11 REORGANIZATION AND THEN   IN 1984, SHIFTED TO A CHAPTER 7 LIQUIDATION OF OVER $33 MIL  IN ASSETS. AMONG THE PENDING ORDERS FOR THIS MATTER ARE TWO  THAT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE CLAIMS OF THE U.S. AT    THE FORMER REFINERY FACILITY.  FIRST, THERE IS A BAR DATE    FOR DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS SET FOR       5/29/92.  WHILE THE DEBTOR WAS IN POSSESSION, RCRA           CORRECTIVE ACTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN AT THE         FACILITY.  SECOND, THERE IS A PROPOSED ORDER BY JAY A.       STEINBERG, CHAPTER 7 TRUSTEE TO DISTRIBUTE ALSMOST $16 MIL   TO ADMINISTRATIVE, PRIORITY AND UNSECURED CLAIMS.  USEPA     RECOMMENDS THAT A PROOF OF CLAIM BE FILED FOR POTENTIAL      ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP COSTS THAT HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED AS HIGH AS $45 MIL, AND THE DISTRIBUTION PLANNED BY THE TRUSTEE BE   OPPOSED AS INSUFFICIENT TO UNDERTAKE THE NECESSARY           ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIONS AT THE SITE.                           -                                                            THE ECI SITE CONSISTS OF APPOX. 299 ACRES ALONG THE INDIANA  HARBOR SHIP CANAL IN EAST CHICAGO, IN.  ABOUT 250 OF THOSE   ACRES COMPRISED A FORMER REFINERY OPERATED BY SINCLAIR,      ARCO, AND ENERGY COOPERATIVE, INC. SEVERAL MILLION GALLONS   OF OIL BASED HYDROCARBONS FLOAT ATOP THE GROUNDWATER UNDER   THE SITE.  THESE HYDROCARBONS ARE CU

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