06/01/92: THIS IS A DIRECT DOJ REFERRAL FOR A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST DALE VALENTINE & VALENTINE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY UNDER RCRA 7003 FOR HANDLING AND TRANSPORTING REFINERY WASTES TO 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 09/17/91, EPA ISSUED AN ORDER UNDER RCRA 7003 TO ABATE THE ENDANGERMENT THROUGH REMEDIATION. VALENTINE HAS REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, RESULTING IN THIS REFERRAL SEEKING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND PENALTIES THROUGH JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT.