# R.C. DICK GEOTHERML CORP.
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52832`
- **Case Number:** 09-1997-0129
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Litigated With Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $60K
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- R.C. DICK GEOTHERMAL CORP. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS REFERRAL REQUESTS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FILE   A PROOF OF CLAIM ( POC ) ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES      ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ( EPA ) IN A                 CONSOLIDATED BANKRUPTCY MATTER PENDING IN THE NORTHERN       DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA.  EPA IS SEEKING TO RECOVER           RESPONSE COSTS INCURRED BY EPA AT THE SONOMA GEOTHERMAL      WELL SUPERFUND SITE ( SGW SITE ), LOCATED IN A REMOTE        LOCATION IN NORTHERN SONOMA AND SOUTHERN MENDOCINE           COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA.  ON OR ABOUT MAY 23, 1997, THE         TRUSTEE FILED A  NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S INTENT TO ABANDON       REAL PROPERTY,  ( NOTICE ) SEEKING THE PERMISSION OF THE     BANKRUPTCY COURT TO ABANDON ALL OF THE BANKRUPTCY            ESTATE'S RIGHT, TITLE, AND INTEREST IN THE APPROXIMATELY     1100 ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY THAT COMPRISE THE SGW SITE.      TO AVOID POTENTIALLY COMPLICATED LITIGATION, THE UNITED      STATES, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND THE TRUSTEE REACHED     AN AGREEMENT IN PRINCPLE WHEREBY THE TRUSTEE WILL PERMIT THE UNITED STATES (AND IN ALL LIKELIHOOD THE STATE OF            CALIFORNIA) TO FILE A LATE POC FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE         CLAIM WITHOUT OBJECTION AND THEREAFTER PAY TO TH E UNITED    STATES AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IN EQUAL SHARES,         ALL FUNDS REMAINING IN THE ESTATE AFTER PAYMENT OF THE       TRUSTEE'S FEES AND EXPENSES (ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY   $100,000 - $120,000).                                          THE DEBTOR WAS A FORMER GEOTHERMAL

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