06/01/92: THIS IS A DIRECT CIVIL REFERRAL TO THE DOJ FOR AN ACTION AGAINST CONOCO, INC. AND THE CONTINENTAL PIPELINE COMPANY. THE DEFENDANT IN THIS MATTER, GENERATED AND CONTRIBUTED REFINERY WASTES AT THE POWDER RIVER CRUDE PROCESSORS 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 CONOCO AND CONTINENTAL PIPELINE COMPANY TO ABATE THE ENDANGERMENT THROUGH REMEDIATION. CONOCO AND CONTINENTAL PIPELINE HAVE REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH THIS ORDER, RESULTING IN THIS REFERRAL SEEKING INJUCTIVE RELIEF AND PENALTIES THROUGH JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT.