EPA v. DALE VALENTINE ET AL

Case summary

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.

Defendants (1)

• BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROADNamed 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)

• DALE VALENTINE, ET ALentered 1995-02-27

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $50,000

Timeline (9 milestones)

• 1992-04-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1992-06-01Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1995-02-19Complaint Filed With Court
• 1995-02-27Final Order Lodged
• 1995-02-27Final Order Entered
• 1995-02-27Concluded
• 1995-05-01Lead Change from EPA to State
• 2005-01-18Pipeline Closed
• 2005-01-18Enforcement Action Closed