# ENVIROPUR WEST CORPORATION
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52726`
- **Case Number:** 09-1997-0013
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $30K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ENVIROPUR WEST CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS REFERRAL IS TO DOCUMENT A PRIOR ORAL REQUEST THAT     A PROOF OF CLAIM BE FILED IN THE ENVIROPUR WEST CORPORATION  BANKRUPTCY TO RECOVER RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED AT THE         ENVIROPUR WEST CORPORATION SUPERFUND SITE LOCATED IN SIGNAL  HILL, CALIFORNIA.  THE BANKRUPTCY COURT HAS IMPOSED A        DEADLINE OF FEBRUARY 19, 1997 FOR THE FILING OF A PROOF OF   CLAIM AND A DEADLINE OF MARCH 19, 1997 FOR FILING AN         APPLICATION FOR ALLOWANCE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE.  WE     REQUEST THAT THE PROOF OF CLAIM BE FILED AS A CHAPTER 11     ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CLAIM FOR RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED,    AND TO BE INCURRED, BY THE UNITED STATES IN CONNECTION WITH  THE ENVIROPUR SITE LOCATED IN SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA; BUT   TO THE EXTENT THAT ADMINISTRATIVE PRIORITY IS DENIED, A      PROOF OF CLAIM BE FILED IN THE ALTERNATIVE AS A GENERAL      UNSECURED CLAIM.                                               THIS REFERRAL SEEKS RECOVERY OF APPROXIMATELY $1.74        MILLION FOR COSTS INCURRED OR TO BE INCURRED BY EPA UNDER    THE CERCLA ACT OF 1980, AS AMENDED FOR AN EMERGENCY REMOVAL  OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AT THE ENVIROPUR WEST CORPORATION    FACILITY IN SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA.  EPA IS AWARE THAT      IT WILL ROCOVER ONLY A PORTION OF THIS CLAIM IN THE FINAL    DISTRIBUTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY ESTATE.  HOWEVER, EPA         BELIEVES THAT AS A MATTER OF FAIRNESS TO OTHER POTENTIALLY   RESPONSIBLE PARTIES IN THE CASE AND BECAUSE THE EFFORT       INVOLVED IN FILING THE APPLICATION IS 

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