Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality v. Pacific Chlorine, Inc.

KING, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Vicksburg Chemical Company (VCC) filed for bankruptcy in 2002. Included in its bankruptcy estate was over 500 acres of real property, a portion of which was contaminated. Pursuant to an agreed order, the bankruptcy court allowed VCC to abandon the property and allowed the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to choose the purchaser. Without the aid of any guidelines or statutory law regarding this process, MDEQ, at the suggestion of the Attorney General’s Office (AG), published a Request for Proposals (RFP) to identify interested parties…