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)
- Water Quality Standards
- Enforcement - Clean Water Act
- 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)
- Blount Fine Foods, Warren, RI
Comment Period: 03/10/2026 - 04/17/2026 - 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 - Cooke Aquaculture USA Inc. - Bingham Fish Hatchery, Bingham, ME (Extended)
Comment Period: 01/29/2026 - 02/09/2026 - Sunoco Midstream LLC South Portland, South Portland, ME
Comment Period: 01/23/2026 - 02/23/2026 - South Portland Terminals LLC, South Portland, ME
Comment Period: 01/23/2026 - 02/23/2026 - Dover-Foxcroft Water District, Dover-Foxcroft, ME
Comment Period: 01/23/2026 - 02/23/2026 - KEI Power Management Inc. - Eustis Hydro Project, Eustis, ME
Comment Period: 01/23/2026 - 02/23/2026 - Anson Hydro Project, Anson, ME
Comment Period: 01/23/2026 - 02/23/2026 - Abenaki Hydro Project, Madison, ME
Comment Period: 01/23/2026 - 02/23/2026 - Bird Incorporated dba CertainTeed, Norwood, MA
Comment Period: 01/22/2026 - 02/23/2026 - Rand-Whitney Container, LLC, Boylston, MA (New Source Determination)
Comment Period: 01/16/2026 - 02/17/2026 - Procter and Gamble-Gillette, Boston, MA
Comment Period: 01/15/2026 - 02/16/2026 - Ledgemere Hydro Project, Limerick, ME
Comment Period: 01/07/2026 - 02/09/2026 - Rice Rips Hydro Station, Oakland, ME
Comment Period: 01/07/2026 - 02/09/2026 - Oakland Hydro Station, Oakland, ME
Comment Period: 01/07/2026 - 02/09/2026 - Brown Bear II Hydro Project - Worumbo Hydro Project, Lisbon Falls, ME
Comment Period: 01/07/2026 - 02/09/2026 - City of South Portland, Portland Water District - Ottawa Road Pump Station CSO, South Portland, ME
Comment Period: 01/07/2026 - 02/09/2026 - Kezar Falls Hydro Project, Parsonfield, ME
Comment Period: 01/07/2026 - 02/09/2026 - Regional District No. 6 Prospect Elementary School, Prospect, CT
Comment Period: 01/06/2026 - 02/05/2026 - Town of Beacon Falls, Beacon Falls, CT
Comment Period: 12/24/2025 - 01/23/2026 - Draft General Permit for the Discharge of Dewatering and Remediation Wastewaters, State of CT
Comment Period: 12/24/2025 - 01/23/2026 - Draft Comprehensive General Permit for Discharges to Surface and Ground Water, State of CT
Comment Period: 12/24/2025 - 01/23/2026 - City of Danbury, Danbury, CT (Modification)
Comment Period: 12/22/2025 - 01/21/2026 - Looks Gourmet Food Company, Inc., Whiting, ME
Comment Period: 12/18/2025 - 01/19/2026 - Dead River Fish Hatchery, Pierce Pond Township, ME
Comment Period: 12/16/2025 - 12/30/2025 - Fox Island LLC, North Kingstown, RI
Comment Period: 12/15/2025 - 01/23/2026 - Metals Recycling LLC, Johnston, RI
Comment Period: 12/15/2025 - 01/23/2026 - The Wright Place, LLC CAFO, Clinton, ME
Comment Period: 12/08/2025 - 01/08/2026 - Plainfield Renewable Energy, LLC, Plainfield, CT
Comment Period: 12/08/2025 - 01/08/2026
Archive of NPDES public notices: CT | ME | MA | NH | RI | VT
NPDES Water Permit Program in New England Web Site »
Water Quality Standards
- None at this time
Enforcement - Clean Water Act
- In the Matter of: East Street Realty Trust
Ridgewood Estates
Simcha Road
Middleton, MA 01949
Comment Period: 02/19/2026 to 03/18/2026 - In the Matter of: Washington Mills Group, Inc.
Washington Mills Group, Inc.
20 North Main Street
North Grafton, MA 01536
Comment Period: 01/27/2026 to 02/26/2026 - In the Matter of: Grafton & Upton Railroad Company, Inc.
364 West Street
Hopedale, MA 01747
Comment Period: 01/05/2026 to 02/04/2026 - Region 1 Enforcement - Clean Water Act Public Notices Archive
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