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or firm may not maintain a nuisance, pollute the waters of the <br />State or refuse to remove the source of such conditions."); <br />Midlantic National Bank v. New Jersey Department of <br />Environmental Protection, 474 U.S. 499, 505 (1966) (28 U.S.C. <br />§ 959 (b) supports the conclusion that "Congress did not intend <br />for the Bankruptcy Code to preempt all state laws that <br />otherwise constrain the exercise of a trustee's powers."). <br />The Debtor Powderhorn is obligated pursuant to 28 U.S.C. <br />§ 959(b) to comply with its reclamation and environmental <br />remediation obligations under the Colorado Coal Act, even <br />though it is no longer mining coal in Colorado and is in a <br />liquidating mode. See, In re Wall Tube & Metal Products, Co., <br />631 F.2d 118, 122 (6"' Cir. 1987) (28 U.S.C. § 959(b) applies <br />to Chapter 7 liquidating trustees)°; In re Stevens, 68 B.R. <br />774 (D.Me.1987) (28 U.S.C. § 959 (b) applies to liquidating <br />trustee) ("The Midlantic message is that `a trustee may not <br />abandon property in contravention of a state statute or <br />regulation that is reasonably designed to protect the public <br />health or safety from identified hazards.' 106 S.Ct. at <br />762.") . <br />aThe court held that the =rustee could not abandon the site under 4 554(a). <br />l6 <br />