06/01/92: DIRECT DOJ REFERRAL FOR CIVIL ACTION UNDER RCRA 7003. DEFENDANT IN THIS MATTER, TEXACO REFINING & MARKETING, INC., GENERATED AND CONTRIBUTED SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF REFINERY WASTES AT THE POWDER RIVER CRUDE PROCESSORS FACILITY LOCATED NEAR GLENROCK, WYOMING IN NATRONA COUNTY. THESE WASTES HAVE BEEN ABANDONED SINCE 1988 IN OPEN UNLINED PITS, ABOVEGROUND TANKS AND OTHER IMPOUNDMENTS, CONSTITUTING AN IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND SURROUNDING WILDLIFE. ON 09/17/91, EPA ISSUED AN ORDER UNDER RCRA 7003 TO TEXACO TO ABATE THE ENDANGERMENT THROUGH REMEDIATION. TEXACO HAS REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, RESULTING IN THIS REFERRAL SEEKING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND PENALTIES THROUGH JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT