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.
- National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
- Enforcement - Clean Water Act (CWA)
- Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Certification
- Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 Program
- Water Quality Standards
- Toxic Substances and Control Act (TSCA) - PCBs
- Clean Air Act Actions
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action
- National Historic Preservation Act
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
- Lewiston-Auburn Clean Water Authority, Lewiston, ME
Comment Period: 07/01/2026 - 07/31/2026 - Ashaway Line and Twine Manufacturing Company, Ashaway, RI
Comment Period: 06/26/2026 - 08/05/2026 - Tiverton Landfill #2, Tiverton, RI
Comment Period: 06/26/2026 - 08/05/2026 - South Essex WWTF (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 (Modification)
Comment Period: 06/26/2026 - 07/27/2026 - Passamaquoddy Wastewater Facility, Perry, ME
Comment Period: 06/18/2026 - 07/20/2026 - Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT
Comment Period: 06/12/2026 - 07/11/2026 - Mystic Aquarium A Division of Sea Research Foundation Inc., Mystic, CT
Comment Period: 06/08/2026 - 07/07/2026 - Mad Dam Treatment Plant, Caribou, ME
Comment Period: 05/27/2026 - 06/26/2026 - Houlton Water Company, Houlton, ME
Comment Period: 05/19/2026 - 06/18/2026 - Town of Oxford, Oxford, ME
Comment Period: 05/18/2026 - 06/18/2026 - Mechanic Falls Sanitary District, Mechanic Falls, ME
Comment Period: 05/15/2026 - 06/15/2026 - ND Paper, Inc., Rumford, ME
Comment Period: 05/14/2026 - 06/12/2026 - Cold Brook Energy, Inc., Hampden, ME
Comment Period: 05/11/2026 - 06/13/2026 - 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
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 - Region 1 Enforcement - Clean Water Act Public Notices Archive
Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Certification
- Opportunity to Comment on EPA's CWA Section 401 Water Quality Certification for Tribal Lands and LEFJ in New England for the proposed 2026 Department of the Army New England District Regional General Permits A, B and C
Comment Period: 06/25/2026 - 08/03/2026
Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 Program
- None at this time
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 Actions
- 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: 07/27/2020 - 09/10/2020 - Mystic Station, Charlestown, MA (Statement of Basis) (pdf)
Administrative Record
Comment Period: 08/24/2019 - 09/23/2019
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