# SHORE COMPANY, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `35291`
- **Case Number:** 06-1991-0110
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SHORE COMPANY, INC. (complaint)
## Summary

THE SHORE COMPANY SITE IS LOCATED IN KILGORE (GREGG        COUNTY) TEXAS.  IN 1982, SHORE FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY IN THE   EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS.  SHORE ORIGINALLY FILED THE       BANKRUPTCY UNDER CHAPTER 11, BUT THE FILING WAS LATER        CONVERTED TO CHAPTER 7.                                        IN APRIL OF 1991, THE TRUSTEE OF THE BANKRUPTCY ESTATE     FILED A MOTION REQUESTING THE COURT TO ORDER HIM TO          ABANDON THE ESTATE'S REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN   GREGG COUNTY, TEXAS, SO THE ESTATE MAY BE CLOSED AND THE     ASSETS DISTRIBUTED.  APPARENTLY, THE TRUSTEE AND HIS         PREDECESSORS MADE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO SELL THE REAL AND     PERSONAL PROPERTY BUT WERE UNABLE TO FIND A BUYER DUE TO      ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE .  THE      TRUSTEE CLAILMS THE PROPERTY IS  BURDENSOME TO THE ESTATE    OR OF INCONSEQUENTIAL VALUE AND BENEFIT TO THE ESTATE  AND   THEREFORE IS ELIGIBLE FOR ABANDONMENT.  THE U.S. TRUSTEE     FILED A STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE TRUSTEE'S MOTION IN      APRIL OF 1991.  SUBSEQUENTLY, THE U.S. FILED AN OBJECTION    TO THE TRUSTEE'S MOTION ON MAY 13, 1991.                       ON JUNE 18, 1991, THE BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE EASTERN     DISTRICT OF TEXAS, TYLER DIVISION, HELD A HEARING TO         DETERMINE WHETHER THE TRUSTEE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ABANDON   THE PROPERTY.  AT THE HEARING, THE U.S. PRESENTED EVIDENCE   OF THE HISTORY OF THE SITE AND THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF     THE SITE.                             

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