Industrial Salvage, Inc. v. Illinois (In Re Industrial Salvage, Inc.)

OPINION

KENNETH J. MEYERS, Bankruptcy Judge.

These adversary proceedings present the common issue of whether the debtors’ obligation to effect closure of three landfills and to abate or mitigate environmental damage caused by the lack of proper closure constituted a “claim” under 11 U.S.C. § 101(5) that was discharged by confirmation of the debtors’ Chapter 11 plans. See 11 U.S.C. § 1141(d). The debtors contend that- because compliance with the administrative order mandating closure of the landfills would require an expenditure of money by the debtors, it imposed a monetary obligation that was…