# REK-CHEM MANUFACTURING CO. (AKA REK INDUSTRIES CORP.)
> **Judicial** · FY1995 · — · Default Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36306`
- **Case Number:** 06-1995-0437
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Default Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $13K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- REK-CHEM MANUFACTURING CO. (AKA REK IND) (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 14(A)(5) OF THE FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE,      AND RODENTICIDE ACT ( FIFRA ), 7 U.S.C. SEC. 1361 (A)(5). 2. REK INDUSTRIES CORPORATION                                   108 DALE SE                                                  ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO 87102                                DR. RALPH KROLIK                                             PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR, AND SOLE SHAREHOLDER                    REK INDUSTRIES CORPORATION                                   1101 EL ALHAMBRA CIRCLE, NW                                  LOS RANCHOS DE ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO 87107              3. ON MAR. 23, 1989, EPA FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST REK AL-      LEGING VIOLATIONS ON FOUR COUNTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 12      (A) OF FIFRA, AS AMENDED, 7 U.S.C. SEC. 136J(A). EPA PRO-    POSED A PENALTY OF $14,400. ON MAY 10, 1993, AN INITIAL      DECISION WAS ENTERED BY CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE       HENRY B. FRAZIER, III, IMPOSING A $12,996 PENALTY AGAINST    REK INDUSTRIES FOR VIOLATIONS UNDER SECTION 12 OF FIFRA.     THIS INITIAL DECISION BECAME A FINAL ORDER ON JUL. 6,        PURSUANT TO 40 C.F.R. SEC. 22.27(C), WHICH PROVIDES THAT     AN INITIAL ORDER SHALL BECOME A FINAL ORDER OF THE EN-       VIRONMENTAL APPEALS BOARD (EAB) WITHIN 45 DAYS AFTER SER-    VICE UPON PARTIES UNLESS AN APPEAL TO THE EAB IS TAKEN OR    THE EAB ELECTS TO REVIEW THE INITIAL DECISION UPON ITS       OWN MOTION. PURSUANT TO 40 C.F.R. SEC. 22.30(A)(1), ANY      PARTY MAY APPEAL AN ADVERSE RULIN

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