Data / Environmental compliance / Scientific Research and Development Services
Environmental compliance in Scientific Research and Development Services: 85 facilities, $1,071,418 in penalties (2021 to 2026)
EPA's ECHO database lists 85 facilities in Scientific Research and Development Services (NAICS 5417) with a formal enforcement action, penalties of $5,000 or more, three or more quarters in significant noncompliance or a federal case in the five years to November 1, 2026: 114 formal actions, 59 informal actions and $1,071,418 in penalties.
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- Industry
- NAICS 5417, Scientific Research and Development Services
- Facilities
- 85
- Formal enforcement actions
- 114
- Informal actions
- 59
- Penalties
- $1,071,418 ($221,379 from federal cases)
- Facilities with three or more quarters in significant noncompliance
- 18
By state
| State | Facilities | Formal actions | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 7 | 6 | $308,696 |
| California | 6 | 8 | $135,000 |
| Massachusetts | 9 | 13 | $109,297 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 3 | $106,574 |
| Virginia | 3 | 3 | $88,740 |
| New Jersey | 16 | 20 | $56,148 |
| North Carolina | 5 | 16 | $48,557 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | 5 | $44,982 |
| Colorado | 3 | 3 | $37,334 |
| Delaware | 4 | 5 | $35,000 |
| Ohio | 3 | 4 | $25,408 |
| Illinois | 1 | 3 | $25,000 |
| New York | 4 | 9 | $17,082 |
| Kansas | 1 | 1 | $11,250 |
| Missouri | 2 | 3 | $8,900 |
| Texas | 1 | 1 | $6,000 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 1 | $4,500 |
| Louisiana | 1 | 1 | $1,750 |
| Michigan | 1 | 1 | $700 |
| District of Columbia | 4 | 4 | $500 |
| Georgia | 1 | 2 | $0 |
| Iowa | 1 | 0 | $0 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 0 | $0 |
| Tennessee | 1 | 1 | $0 |
| Washington | 1 | 0 | $0 |
| West Virginia | 1 | 1 | $0 |
Facilities with the largest penalties
Ranked by penalties of the last five years. Each row links to EPA's facility report.
| Facility | City | State | Formal actions | Penalties | Quarters in significant noncompliance | Latest penalty | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uniformed Service University of Health Sciences/cnrm | Bethesda | MD | 2 | $289,276 | 12 | June 7, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Lovelace Respiratory Research Inst | Albuquerque | NM | 2 | $104,074 | 3 | January 21, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| Nitto Denko Technical | Oceanside | CA | 2 | $82,500 | 11 | August 13, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Boeing Electron Dynamic Devices Inc | Malibu | CA | 2 | $50,000 | 8 | July 10, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Mit Lincoln Laboratory | Lexington | MA | 2 | $43,120 | 12 | January 7, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| PPD Development, L.P. | Richmond | VA | 1 | $37,207 | 2 | April 30, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| PPD Development, L.P. | Henrico | VA | 1 | $28,278 | 0 | September 26, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| U.S. Dept of Energy, NLR | Golden | CO | 1 | $28,010 | 3 | April 20, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| Dana Farber Cancer Yawkey Center | Boston | MA | 1 | $27,190 | 0 | September 6, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Uop LLC | Des Plaines | IL | 3 | $25,000 | 0 | July 23, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| Parker Lord | Cary | NC | 4 | $24,974 | 5 | January 15, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| PPD Development, L.P. | Richmond | VA | 1 | $23,255 | 2 | April 30, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Fox Chase Cancer CTR | Philadelphia | PA | 1 | $23,000 | 0 | December 11, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Abzena Inc | Bristol | PA | 1 | $20,969 | 0 | July 6, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Bridgestone Americas Center for Research and Technology | Akron | OH | 1 | $17,808 | 0 | June 7, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Moderna Therapeutics Inc. | Norwood | MA | 1 | $17,249 | 0 | December 27, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Tempus Ai, Inc. | Durham | NC | 3 | $13,000 | 4 | June 11, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | Cambridge | MA | 2 | $11,615 | 0 | April 19, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Revlon R&D | Edison | NJ | 3 | $10,800 | 6 | May 17, 2022 | echo.epa.gov |
| Modern Press Inc | Wilmington | DE | 2 | $10,000 | 0 | July 31, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Adesis, Inc. | New Castle | DE | 1 | $10,000 | 2 | October 7, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Lockheed Martin Patuxent Engineering | Lexington Park | MD | 1 | $10,000 | 1 | January 24, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Wilmington Pharmatech Glasgow Site | Newark | DE | 1 | $10,000 | 0 | July 6, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| BF Innovation Inc-Room 511 | Farmingdale | NY | 2 | $9,997 | 0 | November 15, 2022 | echo.epa.gov |
| Acculabs Research Incorporated | Golden | CO | 1 | $9,324 | 0 | August 2, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Schlumberger Technology Corporation | Cambridge | MA | 2 | $8,753 | 2 | December 18, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Kashiv Biosciences | Piscataway | NJ | 3 | $7,875 | 0 | May 13, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Ashland Inc. | Dublin | OH | 2 | $7,600 | 2 | May 28, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| Wuxi Biologics USA LLC | Cranbury | NJ | 2 | $7,200 | 0 | August 7, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Rapafusyn Research and Development, Inc. | Baltimore | MD | 1 | $6,430 | 0 | July 30, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Southwest Research Institute | San Antonio | TX | 1 | $6,000 | 0 | June 4, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Dupont Specialty Products-Experimental Station | Wilmington | DE | 1 | $5,000 | 0 | August 30, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Azenta Life Sciences | South Plainfield | NJ | 2 | $4,500 | 2 | July 8, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Ingevity Corporation Technical and Innovation Center | Charleston | SC | 1 | $4,500 | 0 | September 4, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| Genscript USA Inc. | Piscataway | NJ | 2 | $3,600 | 0 | March 3, 2022 | echo.epa.gov |
| Modern Meadow Inc | Nutley | NJ | 1 | $3,600 | 0 | June 22, 2022 | echo.epa.gov |
| PMV Pharma | Cranbury | NJ | 1 | $3,600 | 0 | November 24, 2021 | echo.epa.gov |
| Princeton Innovation CTR Biolabs | Princeton | NJ | 1 | $3,600 | 0 | March 3, 2022 | echo.epa.gov |
| Riconpharma LLC | Denville | NJ | 1 | $3,600 | 0 | May 22, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Symbiotic Research, LLC | Budd Lake | NJ | 1 | $3,398 | 0 | December 6, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Exxon Mobil Research & Engineering Co | Annandale | NJ | 1 | $3,375 | 0 | September 13, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Food and Drug Administration | Silver Spring | MD | 1 | $2,990 | 0 | April 16, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Ascribe Bioscience | Ithaca | NY | 3 | $2,500 | 0 | August 14, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Zymergen Inc | New York | NY | 3 | $2,500 | 0 | July 15, 2022 | echo.epa.gov |
| Cytokinetics, Inc | South San Francisco | CA | 1 | $2,500 | 0 | December 7, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Beacon Technology Center | Fishkill | NY | 1 | $2,085 | 0 | July 6, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| Ranger Environmental Inc | Waverly | LA | 1 | $1,750 | 12 | October 10, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Eic Laboratories Inc | Norwood | MA | 1 | $1,080 | 2 | May 27, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| 3711 Market Research Condo Assoc. | Philadelphia | PA | 1 | $1,013 | 0 | June 23, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| David Sarnoff Research Center | Princeton | NJ | 1 | $1,000 | 1 | September 16, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| Jlabs@washington DC | Washington | DC | 1 | $500 | 0 | March 4, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Advanced Surface Technology | Billerica | MA | 1 | $290 | 0 | April 30, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC | Greensboro | NC | 5 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC (R4 Fifpes ) | Greensboro | NC | 3 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| CJB Applied Technologies, LLC | Valdosta | GA | 2 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Monsanto Company | Saint Louis | MO | 2 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Sciessent LLC | Beverly | MA | 2 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Elementis Specialties Inc | East Windsor | NJ | 1 | $0 | 2 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Ati Powder Metals Robinson | Pittsburgh | PA | 1 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Avn Corporation | South Charleston | WV | 1 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Bayer U.S. Crop Science (monsanto Company) | Creve Coeur | MO | 1 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Bioconsortia Inc | Davis | CA | 1 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Cytoink Solutions, Inc | Washington | DC | 1 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC (DBA Helena Chemical Company) | Memphis | TN | 1 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Howard University | Washington | DC | 1 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Integral Dental, Inc | Washington | DC | 1 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Lanxess Corporation | Pittsburgh | PA | 1 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| NBD Nanotechnologies Inc | Lexington | MA | 1 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Nih Chem Genomics CTR | Rockville | MD | 1 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Procter & Gamble MFG. Co. Ivorydale Technical Center | Cincinnati | OH | 1 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Provivi Inc. | Santa Monica | CA | 1 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| PT Industries Inc | Signal Hill | CA | 1 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Quadsil, Inc. | Midland | MI | 1 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Syngenta Seeds, Inc. | RTP | NC | 1 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Tda Research Inc | Wheat Ridge | CO | 1 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Tricore Reference Laboratories | Albuquerque | NM | 1 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| University of Kansas Medical Center | Kansas City | KS | 1 | $0 | 0 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Church & Dwight Co Inc | Princeton | NJ | 0 | $0 | 12 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Mondelez Global LLC | Whippany | NJ | 0 | $0 | 12 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Venenum Biodesign LLC | Hamilton | NJ | 0 | $0 | 12 | echo.epa.gov | |
| US Public Health Service National Institutes of Health | Bethesda | MD | 0 | $0 | 11 | echo.epa.gov | |
| CNH America LLC Burlington Proving Grounds | Burlington | IA | 0 | $0 | 5 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Smithsonian Environmental Research Center | Edgewater | MD | 0 | $0 | 4 | echo.epa.gov | |
| Helion Power Plant | Malaga | WA | 0 | $0 | 3 | echo.epa.gov | |
| US EPA Region I Atlantic Ecology Laboratory | Narragansett | RI | 0 | $0 | 3 | echo.epa.gov |
By program
| Program | Facilities | Formal actions | Informal actions | Penalties | Facilities with quarters in significant noncompliance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clean Air Act | 21 | 8 | 6 | $74,137 | 0 |
| Clean Water Act | 19 | 4 | 9 | $3,085 | 7 |
| Hazardous waste (RCRA) | 78 | 67 | 44 | $772,817 | 22 |
Updated November 7, 2026. Read from US EPA, Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO). Public domain (U.S. government work). Counts and penalties cover the five years to November 1, 2026 as ECHO publishes them in its exporter and case downloads, drawn from EPA's air, water, hazardous waste and drinking water systems and from the states that report to them. Records can be incomplete, late or corrected after this page was read. A federal case penalty that names several facilities is shown on each of them and counted once in industry, state and national totals. Each row links to EPA's own report. A quarter in significant noncompliance is EPA's term for a serious violation status in a program, not a finding of fault beyond that status. This page uses US EPA data and is not endorsed or certified by the US EPA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.