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)
- Veazie Sewer District, Veazie, ME
Comment Period: 08/15/2025 - 09/15/2025 - Quonset Wastewater Treatment Facility IPP Mod, North Kingstown, RI
Comment Period: 08/12/2025 - 09/19/2025 - Maine Wood Pellet Company, LLC, Athens, ME
Comment Period: 08/12/2025 - 09/12/2025 - Town of Paris, Paris, ME
Comment Period: 07/28/2025 - 08/28/2025 - Woodland Pulp North, Baileyville, ME
Comment Period: 07/14/2025 - 08/14/2025 - Draft General Permit for Discharge of Stormwater from Construction Activities, State of CT
Comment Period: 06/25/2025 - 07/25/2025 - Dunn Paper – East Hartford, LLC, East Hartford, CT
Comment Period: 06/17/2025 - 07/16/2025 - Bath Water District Drinking Water Treatment Plant, Woolwich, ME
Comment Period: 06/11/2025 - 07/11/2025 - Dark Harbor Wastewater Treatment Facility, Islesboro, ME
Comment Period: 06/11/2025 - 07/11/2025 - Old Saybrook Associates, LLC - Old Saybrook Shopping Plaza, Old Saybrook, CT
Comment Period: 05/21/2025 - 06/20/2025 - Patriot Beverages, Littleton, MA
Comment Period: 05/16/2025 - 06/16/2025 - YMCA of Metropolitan Hartford Inc. - Camp Jewell YMCA, Colebrook, CT
Comment Period: 05/01/2025 - 06/01/2025 - Sumitomo Bakelite North America, Inc., Manchester, CT
Comment Period: 04/29/2025 - 05/29/2025 - King Industries, Inc., Norwalk, CT
Comment Period: 04/29/2025 - 05/29/2025 - Draft General Permit for Significant Industrial User Discharges to Publicly Owned Treatment Works, State of CT
Comment Period: 04/28/2025 - 05/28/2025 - Draft General Permit for Non-Significant Industrial User Discharges to Publicly Owned Treatment Works, State of CT
Comment Period: 04/28/2025 - 05/28/2025 - The Thames Shipyard and Repair Company, Inc., New London, CT
Comment Period: 04/25/2025 - 05/25/2025 - Municipal Separate Storm Water Sewer System Draft General Permit, State of ME (Revised Modification)
Comment Period: 04/23/2025 - 05/14/2025 - Rhode Island Mall Condominium Association, Inc., Warwick, RI
Comment period: 04/07/2025 - 05/16/2025 - Warwick Mall, Warwick, RI
Comment period: 04/07/2025 - 05/16/2025 - S-BHR Condominium Association, Inc., Warwick, RI
Comment period: 04/07/2025 - 05/16/2025 - Naval Station Newport - Defense Fuel Support Point, Warwick, RI (Termination)
Comment period: 04/07/2025 - 05/16/2025 - Richmond Utilities District, Richmond, ME
Comment period: 04/04/2025 - 05/05/2025 - Warren Sanitary District, Warren, ME
Comment period: 04/02/2025 - 05/02/2025 - Global Companies Terminal, Revere, MA (Notice of Intent to Terminate)
Comment period: 03/21/2025 - 04/30/2025 - Massachusetts Port Authority Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA (Modification)
Comment period: 03/21/2025 - 04/21/2025 - Draft General Permit for the Discharge of Stormwater Associated with Commercial Activity, State of CT
Comment Period: 03/20/2025 - 04/19/2025
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: REPM, Inc.
The Camelot
Rebecca Road
Northbridge, MA 01534
Comment Period: 08/14/2025 - 09/15/2025 - In the Matter of: Mark Illian and Mark Floor
Maine Route-25/Ossipee Trail
Limington, ME 04049
Comment Period: 08/02/2025 - 09/02/2025 - In the Matter of: Horne's Pond Real Estate Group, LLC
35 Maple Street
Derry, NH 03038
Comment Period: 07/17/2025 - 08/18/2025 - In the Matter of: E.L. Harvey & Sons, Inc. et al.
New Bedford Transfer Station
1245 Shawmut Avenue
New Bedford, MA 02746
New Bedford Garage
994-998 Nash Road & 1136 Shawmut Avenue
New Bedford, MA 02746
Zero Waste
48-50 Cranberry Highway
Rochester, MA 02576
Trojan Recycling, Inc.
71 Forest Street
Brockton, MA 02302
Nauset Disposal
22 Cantor Court
Plymouth, MA 02360
Nauset Disposal
61 Commonwealth Avenue
South Yarmouth, MA 02664
Ayer Transload Facility
98 Berkshire Boulevard
Ayer, MA 01432
Comment Period: 07/17/2025 - 08/18/2025 - In the Matter of: Black Brook Realty Properties, LLC
Cobbler's Creek
North Street & Eames Lane
Upton, MA 01748
Comment Period: 06/18/2025 - 07/17/2025 - In the Matter of: Webco Chemical Corporation
Webco Chemical Corporation
420 Main St.
Dudley, MA 01571
Comment Period: 06/10/2025 - 07/09/2025 - In the Matter of: D & F Afonso Builders, Inc.
D & F Afonso Builders, Inc.
189 Main Street
Milford, MA 01757
Comment Period: 05/21/2025 - 06/20/2025 - 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