EPA v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$75,000
Case summary
06/01/92: THIS IS A DIRECT REFERRAL TO THE DOJ FOR A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST PHILLIPS PETROLEUM 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 THE EPA ISSUED AN ORDER UNDER RCRA 7003 TO PHILLIPS TO ABATE THE ENDANGERMENT THROUGH REMEDIATION. PHILLIPS HAS REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, RESULTING IN THIS REFERRAL SEEKING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND PENALTIES THROUGH JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT.
Defendants (1)
- PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANYNamed 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)
PHILLIPS PETROLEUM 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
- 1994-06-20Final Order Entered
- 1994-06-20Concluded
- 1994-06-20Final Order Lodged
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 49142
- Case number
- 08-1992-0154
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- RCR
- EPA region
- 08
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Imminent Order: Solid or Hazardous Waste
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-1992-0154 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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