# BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `49137`
- **Case Number:** 08-1992-0149
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $20K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DALE VALENTINE (complaint) (settlement)
- VALENTINE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

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.

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