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EXSTEREX, INC.

Judicial · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 34381

$500
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1988-0139
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
1-765
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

INFO REGARDING DEFENDANT: * EXSTEREX, INC. (DEFENDANT), IS A CORPORATION THAT WAS ORGAN- IZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS IN 1982, PRIMARILY TO SELL A PRODUCT DESIGNED TO CONTROL AND ELIMINATE ROACHES CALLED 'BUG DRUG'. THE DEFENDANT IS NOT REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL. * SYNOPSIS OF THE CASE: ON OCT 25, 1984, EPA ISSUED A COMPLAINT AGAINST EXSTEREX ALLEGING VIOLATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(A) OF FIFRA, 7 USC 136(J)(A). EPA PROPOSED A PENALTY OF $6,805. ON AUG 23, 1985, AN ACCELERATED DECISION WAS RENDERED BY THE ALJ, IMPOSING A $500 PENALTY AGAINST EXSTEREX FOR VIOLATIONS UNDER SECTION 12 OF FIFRA. THE DEFENDANT APPEALED THIS DECISION. ON DEC 13, 1985, A FINAL DECISION WAS RENDERED BY THE HONORABLE RONALD L. MCCALLUM, CHIEF JUDICIAL OFFICER, THAT UPHELD THE ADJUSTED PENALTY OF $500. AGAINST THE DEFENDANT. ON MARCH 11, 1986, JUDGE MCCALLUM NOTIFIED THE DEFENDANT BY LETTER THAT THE FINAL DECISION ISSUED ON DEC 13, 1985, REMAINED EFFECTIVE, AND THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS GIVEN 60 DAYS FROM FEB 18, 1986, TO PAY THE $500 PENALTY. A FINAL DEMAND FOR PAYMENT OF CIVIL PENALTY WAS SENT BY EPA REGION VI, ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1988. TO DATE, THE DEFENDANT HAS NOT PAID ANY PENALTY.

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