06/01/92: THIS IS A DIRECT CIVIL REFERRAL TO THE DOJ FOR ACTION AGAINST RICHARD WALLACE AND POWDER RIVER CRUDE PROCESSORS. THE DEFENDANT IN THIS MATTER HANDLED AND TRANSPORTED 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 THE EPA ISSUED AN ORDER UNDER RCRA 7003 TO RICHARD WALLACE AND POWDER RIVER CRUDE PROCESSORS TO ABATE THE ENDANGERMENT THROUGH REMEDIATION. WALLACE HAS REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, RESULTING IN THIS REFERRAL SEEKING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND PENALTIES THROUGH JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT.