EPA v. HAMPFORD RESEARCH INC

Case summary

On March 11, 2025, EPA filed an Expedited Settlement Agreement (ESA) resolving violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) alleged against Hampford Research Inc. located in Stratford, CT. Hampford Research, which notified as a large quantity generator, manufactures small-batch specialty chemicals for its customers.The company failed to make an accurate hazardous waste determination as to whether a waste was a hazardous waste; failed to offer for transport a hazardous waste shipment for off-site treatment, storage, or disposal along with a hazardous waste manifest; failed to accumulate hazardous waste in a satellite accumulation container that was at or near the point of generation where the waste initially accumulated and failed to conduct annual personnel training and maintain documentation of hazardous waste personnel training. The ESA requires the company to pay a penalty of $6,000 and compliance with RCRA requirements.

Defendants (1)

• Hampford Research, IncNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• HAMPFORD RESEARCH INC

  54 VETERANS BLVD, STRATFORD, CT, 06615-5111

  Registry ID: 110000316701

Statutes cited

• RCRA 3002 — Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
• RCRA 3008A — Compliance Order: Injunctive & Penalty

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• HAMPFORD RESEARCH INCentered 2025-03-11

  Primary law: RCRA

  Federal penalty: $6,000

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2025-03-11Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2025-03-11Final Order Issued
• 2025-03-25Enforcement Action Data Entered