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.