What happens when the owner of contaminated real estate files for bankruptcy? Is the owner’s remediation obligation a debt that can be discharged? If it is, who retains that obligation? Can the property be abandoned or sold? What if you buy contaminated property from a bankrupt estate?
The answers can be found in a handful of cases and sometimes hinge on what look like technicalities of timing and procedure.
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