# EXSTEREX, INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34381`
- **Case Number:** 06-1988-0139
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $500
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- EXSTEREX, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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