Actions Open for Public Comment at EPA New England
This page provides a summary of issues that EPA's New England regional office is seeking public input and comment on. The individual links will provide detailed information on each issue for which EPA is seeking comment, as well as information on when the comment period ends and how you can submit comments.
On this page:
- National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
- Enforcement - Clean Water Act (CWA)
- Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 Program
- Water Quality Standards
- Toxic Substances and Control Act (TSCA) - PCBs
- Clean Air Act Permits
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action
- National Historic Preservation Act
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
- Pharmacia & Upjohn Company LLC, New Haven, CT
Comment Period: 04/24/2026 - 05/23/2026 - Caverly Farms, LLC, Clinton, ME
Comment Period: 04/21/2026 - 05/21/2026 - Blue Ridge Properties LLC dba Begin Mobile Home Park Overboard Discharge, Sabattus, ME
Comment Period: 04/10/2026 - 05/11/2026 - UConn Avery Point Campus, John S. Rankin Laboratory Department of Marine Sciences, Groton, CT
Comment Period: 04/07/2026 - 05/06/2026 - New Sharon Water District, New Sharon, ME
Comment Period: 04/02/2026 - 05/04/2026 - Tex Tech Industries Inc., North Monmouth, ME
Comment Period: 04/02/2026 - 05/04/2026 - Woodland Pulp LLC – Woodland Hydro Project , Baileyville, ME
Comment Period: 04/02/2026 - 05/04/2026 - Woodland Pulp LLC – Grand Falls Hydro Project, Baileyville, ME
Comment Period: 04/02/2026 - 05/04/2026 - Town of Sorrento, Sorrento, ME
Comment Period: 03/27/2026 - 04/27/2026 - SMC Real Estate Inc. dba Town and Country Apartments, Presque Isle, ME
Comment Period: 03/27/2026 - 04/27/2026 - Flood Brothers LLC, Clinton, ME
Comment Period: 03/27/2026 - 04/27/2026 - Washington County Community College Overboard Discharge, Calais, ME
Comment Period: 03/27/2026 - 04/27/2026 - PCC Structurals, Inc, Northfield, NH
Comment Period: 03/26/2026 - 04/27/2026 - City of Bangor, Bangor, ME
Comment Period: 03/24/2026 - 04/10/2026 - Town of Howland, Howland, ME
Comment Period: 03/20/2026 - 04/20/2026 - Anson-Madison Sanitary District, Anson, ME
Comment Period: 03/20/2026 - 04/20/2026 - John J. Carroll Water Treatment Plant, Marlborough, MA
Public Notice Extension (pdf)
Comment Period: 03/18/2026 - 04/17/2026 (Extended to 05/18/2026) - Brunswick Sewer District, Brunswick, ME
Comment Period: 03/16/2026 - 04/16/2026 - Town of Skowhegan, Skowhegan, ME
Comment Period: 03/11/2026 - 04/10/2026 - Blount Fine Foods, Warren, RI
Public Notice Extension (pdf)
Comment Period: 03/10/2026 - 04/17/2026 (Extended to 05/18/2026) - Smutty Nose Island Club, Inc. D/B/A Monhegan House, Monhegan, ME
Comment Period: 03/09/2026 - 04/08/2026 - Town of Hampden CSO - Souadabscook Stream Pump Station, Hampden, ME
Comment Period: 02/26/2026 - 03/30/2026 - Huhtamaki Inc., Waterville, ME
Comment Period: 02/26/2026 - 03/30/2026 - City of Gardiner WWTF, Gardiner, ME
Comment Period: 02/25/2026 - 03/25/2026 - Portland Water District – Westbrook Wastewater Treatment Facility, Westbrook, ME
Comment Period: 02/18/2026 - 03/18/2026 - Woonsocket Regional Wastewater Commission, Woonsocket, RI
Comment Period: 02/10/2026 - 03/10/2026 - Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT
Comment Period: 02/04/2026 - 03/03/2026 - ReGenerate Livermore Falls, Livermore Falls, ME
Comment Period: 02/02/2026 - 03/06/2026
Archive of NPDES public notices: CT | ME | MA | NH | RI | VT
NPDES Water Permit Program in New England Web Site »
Enforcement - Clean Water Act (CWA)
- In the Matter of: Maison Belle, LLC
Cameron Commons
70 Depot Road
Hampstead, NH 03811
Comment Period: 04/30/2026 - 05/29/2026 - In the Matter of: John J. Flatley Company
Catherine's Landing
Spindlewick Drive
Nashua, NH 03062
Comment Period: 03/27/2026 - 04/27/2026 - In the Matter of: Shoreline Marine Terminal, LLC
Shoreline Marine Terminal, LLC
26 Front Street
New Bedford, MA 02740
Comment Period: 03/09/2026 - 04/08/2026 - In the Matter of: East Street Realty Trust
Ridgewood Estates
Simcha Road
Middleton, MA 01949
Comment Period: 02/19/2026 - 03/18/2026 - Region 1 Enforcement - Clean Water Act Public Notices Archive
Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 Program
- Opportunity to Comment on EPA's and the NH Department of Environmental Services' Requests for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New England District to Provide a Retained Waters Description in Support of the Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404g Program
Comment Period: 03/10/2026 - 05/09/2026
Water Quality Standards
- None at this time
Toxic Substances and Control Act (TSCA) - PCBs
- Veolia ES Technical Solutions, L.L.C., West Bridgewater, MA
Comment Period: 8/08/2024 - 09/06/2024
Clean Air Act Permits
- No actions open for public comment at this time.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action
- Draft HSWA Permit Tradebe Treatment and Recycling of Stoughton, LLC for Comment (pdf)
Fact Sheet for Draft HSWA Permit Tradebe Treatment and Recycling of Stoughton, LLC (pdf)
Administrative Record
Comment Period: 04/18/2025 - 06/02/2025 - Naval Submarine Base New London (SUBASENLON), Groton, Connecticut (Draft RCRA Part B Permit Renewal No. HWM-095-005) (pdf)
Administrative Record
Comment Period: 7/27/2020 - 9/10/2020 - Mystic Station, Charlestown, MA (Statement of Basis) (pdf)
Administrative Record
Comment Period: 8/24/2019 - 9/23/2019
National Historic Preservation Act
- Public Notice for Programmatic Agreement Under the National Historic Preservation Act (pdf)
Programmatic Agreement Between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 1; New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services; and the New Hampshire State Historic Preservation Officer (pdf)
Comment Period: 03/04/2024 - 04/03/2024