EPA v. TEXACO REFINING & MARKETING, INC.

Case summary

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

Defendants (1)

• TEXACO REFINING & MARKETING, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• POWDER RIVER CRUDE PROCESSORS

  211 BIG MUDDY RD, GLENROCK, WY, 82637

  Registry ID: 110010670531

Statutes cited

• RCRA 7003 — Imminent Order: Solid or Hazardous Waste

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• U.S. V. DALE VALENTINE ET ALentered 1994-06-20

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $75,000

Timeline (8 milestones)

• 1992-04-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1992-06-01Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1993-02-19Complaint Filed With Court
• 1994-06-20Final Order Lodged
• 1994-06-20Final Order Entered
• 1994-06-20Concluded
• 2005-01-18Enforcement Action Closed
• 2005-01-18Pipeline Closed