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)
- 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 - Woodlake Tax District Sewer Treatment Plant, Woodbury, CT
Comment period: 03/06/2025 - 04/05/2025 - City of Norwich WPCF, Norwich, CT
Comment period: 03/04/2025 - 04/03/2025 - Firstlight Housatonic Stevenson Station, Monroe, CT
Comment period: 03/04/2025 - 04/03/2025 - Polar Beverages, Worcester, MA
Comment period: 03/04/2025 - 04/03/2025 - Taunton River Desalination Plant, North Dighton, MA
Comment period: 03/04/2025 - 04/03/2025 - York Sewer District POTW, York, ME
Comment period: 02/28/2025 - 03/28/2025 - 34 Wildwood Ave Opco LLC - Autumn Lake Health Care at Madison, Madison, CT
Comment period: 02/25/2025 - 03/27/2025 - Merrymeeting Shellfish Company, LLC, Harpswell, ME
Comment period: 02/25/2025 - 03/25/2025 - Bar Harbor POTW - Hulls Cove Plant, Bar Harbor, ME
Comment period: 02/21/2025 - 03/24/2025 - Jackman Utility District, Jackman, ME
Comment period: 02/21/2025 - 03/24/2025 - City of Milford, Milford, ME
Comment period: 02/17/2025 - 03/18/2025 - CSX Transportation Inc., Waterville, ME
Comment period: 02/12/2025 - 03/14/2025 - South Essex Wastewater Treatment Facility (MA0100501) and Co-Permittees (City of Beverly - MAC010501, City of Danvers - MAC020501, City of Marblehead - MAC030501, City of Peabody - MAC040501, and City of Salem - MAC050501), Salem, MA
Public Notice Extension (pdf)
Comment period: 01/23/2025 - 02/24/2025 (Extended to 04/10/2025) - Brockton Advanced Water Reclamation Facility (MA0101010) and Co-Permittees (Town of Abington - MAC011010 and Town of Whitman - MAC021010), Brockton, MA
Comment period: 01/22/2025 - 02/21/2025 - Solutia Inc. - Indian Orchard Plant, Springfield, MA
Comment period: 01/21/2025 - 02/20/2025 - Fall River WWTP (MA0100382) and 18 CSOs and Co-Permittees (Town of Freetown - MAC010382; Town of Westport - MAC020382; Tiverton Wastewater District - MAC030382), Fall River, MA
Public Notice Extension (pdf)
Comment period: 01/16/2025 - 02/18/2025 (Extended to 04/21/2025) - Granite State Concrete Co., Inc., Westford, MA
Comment period: 01/14/2025 - 02/13/2025 - Swansea Water District Desalination Facility, Swansea, MA
Comment period: 12/19/2024 - 02/03/2025 - Nashua Wastewater Treatment Facility and 9 CSOs (NH0100170) and Co-Permittee (Town of Hudson - NHC010170), Nashua, NH
Public Notice Extension (pdf)
Comment period: 12/18/2024 - 02/03/2025 (Extended to 02/18/2025) - Manchester Wastewater Treatment Facility and 15 CSOs (NH0100447) and Co-Permittees (Town of Bedford - NHC010447; Town of Goffstown - NHC020447; Town of Londonderry - NHC030447), Manchester, NH
Comment period: 12/18/2024 - 02/03/2025 - Attleboro Water Pollution Control Facility, Attleboro, MA
Public Notice Extension (pdf)
Comment period: 12/16/2024 - 01/30/2025 (Extended to 02/28/2025) - North Attleborough Wastewater Treatment Facility (MA0101036) and Co-Permittee Town of Plainville (MAC011036), North Attleborough, MA
Public Notice Extension (pdf)
Comment period: 12/16/2024 - 01/30/2025 (Extended to 02/28/2025) - Region 1 Draft New Hampshire Medium Wastewater Treatment Facility General Permit
Comment period: 11/13/2024 - 02/12/2025
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: G. Lopes Construction, Inc.
G. Lopes Construction, Inc.
184R Broadway
Raynham, MA 02767
Comment Period: 03/18/2025 - 04/17/2025 - In the Matter of: AJ Nonwovens – Hampton, LLC
AJ Nonwovens – Hampton, LLC
11 Merrill Industrial Drive, #A1
Hampton, NH 03842
Comment Period: 03/05/2025 - 04/04/2025 - In the Matter of: P.S. Marston Associates, LLC
P.S. Marston Associates, LLC
38B South Road
North Hampton, NH 03862
Comment Period: 02/21/2025 - 03/31/2025 - 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
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