# SMITH COMPANY OF UVALDE
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34694`
- **Case Number:** 06-1989-0145
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $752K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SMITH COMPANY OF UVALDE (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

A SUPERFUND REMOVAL ACTION WAS CONDUCTED AT AN AIRSTRIP    AND PESTICIDE LOADING FACILITY LOCATED IN BATESVILLE, TEXAS.   SCU FILED FOR CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY.   EPA INTERVENED IN   THE BANKRUPTCY.  EPA INTERVENED IN THE BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING UNDER THE REORGANIZATION PLAN, EPA RECEIVED $570,000 FROM    THE ESTATE AND 85% OF WHAT IS LEFT OVER AFTER PAYMENT OF ALL CLASS I AND II EXPENSES.  THE ESTATE IS STILL UNDERGOING     LIQUIDATION (PROPERTIES, BUSINESSES, AND ASSETS CONTINUE TO  BE SOLD); THEREFORE, THE FINAL DOLLAR AMOUNT WHICH WILL BE   RECEIVED BY EPA IS NOT KNOWN.  THE ESTATE MUST STILL PAY     PROPERTY AND OTHER TAXES WHICH HAVE ACCRUED BEFORE AND       DISBURSEMENTS WILL BE MADE TO EPA AND UNSECURES CREDITORS.   THERE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE MUCH, IF ANY, MONEY REMAINING IN THE ESTATE AFTER THE PAYMENT OF THE CLASS I AND II EXPENSES.

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