EPA v. TRUE OIL COMPANY/EIGHTY EIGHT OIL COMPANY

Case summary

06/01/92: THIS IS A DIRECT REFERRAL TO THE DOJ FOR A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST THE TRUE OIL COMPANY AND EIGHTY EIGHT OIL 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 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 TRUE/EIGHTY EIGHT TO ABATE THE ENDANGERMENT THROUGH REMEDIATION. TRUE/EIGHTY EIGHT HAS REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, RESULTING IN THIS REFERRAL SEEKING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND PENALTIES THROUGH JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT.

Defendants (3)

• EIGHTY EIGHT OIL COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• H.A. TRUE IIINamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• TRUE OIL COMPANY/EIGHTY EIGHT OIL COMPANNamed 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)

• TRUE OIL COMPANY/EIGHTY EIGHT OIL COMPANYentered 1994-06-20

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $75,000

Timeline (6 milestones)

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