06/01/92: DEFENDANT IN THIS CASE, BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD, GENERATED AND CONTRIBUTED 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 10/18/91, EPA ISSUED AN ORDER UNDER RCRA 7003 TO BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD TO ABATE THE ENDANGERMENT THROUGH REMEDIATION. BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD HAS REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, RESULTING IN THIS REFERRAL SEEKING INJUCTIVE RELIEF AND PENALTIES THROUGH JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT.