SUBJECT: COMPLIANCE ORDER AND NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING FILED AGAINST ERICKSON REFINING CORPORA- TION, RCRA DOCKET NO RCRA VI-630-H. BACKGROUND: * ERICKSON REFINING CORPORATION IS A PETROLEUM REFINERY THAT MANUFACTURES NAPHTHA, PETROLEUM DISTILLATES AND FUEL OILS AS ITS PRINCIPLE PRODUCTS. THROUGH THE PROCESS OF REFINING, ERICKSON REFINING CORPORATION GENERATES API SEPERATOR SLUDGE (K051) AND LEADED TANK BOTTOMS (K052) WHICH ARE IDENTIFIED BY EPA AS LISTED HAZARDOUS WASTE FROM A SPECIFIC SOURCE UNDER 40 CFR 261.32. * ON MARCH 19-20, 1987, ERICKSON REFINING CORP, LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF BLACK AND LEE STREETS, PORT NECHES, TX, WAS INSPECTED BY AN EMPLOYEE OF THE EPA. THE INSPECTION REPORT SHOWED THAT ERICKSON REFINING CORPORATION DID NOT CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH THE LOIS PROVISIONS FOR A LAND DISPOSAL FACILITY. THE EPA WILL SHOW THAT ERICKSON REFINING CORP HAS VIOLATED THE FOLLOWING REGULATIONS: * 1. OPERATING WITHOUT A PERMIT AND OPERATING WITHOUT INTERIM STATUS; 2. INCORRECT NOTIFICATION; 3. FAILURE TO PREPARE A CLOSURE PLA