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)
- 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 - Graywall Farms, LLC, Lebanon, CT
Comment Period: 11/24/2025 - 12/23/2025 - Rogers Farm, Clinton, ME
Comment Period: 11/19/2025 - 12/19/2025 - Dead River Fish Hatchery, Pierce Pond Township, ME
Comment Period: 11/18/2025 - 12/04/2025 - Town of Oxford - Welchville Corner, Oxford, ME
Comment Period: 11/12/2025 - 12/12/2025 - Kenyon Industries, Incorporated, Kenyon, RI (Modification)
Comment Period: 11/12/2025 - 12/11/2025 - Cooke Aquaculture USA Inc. - Bingham Fish Hatchery, Bingham, ME
Comment Period: 11/05/2025 - 12/05/2025 - Citgo Petroleum Corp, South Portland, ME
Comment Period: 10/30/2025 - 12/01/2025 - Lincolnville Sewer District, Lincolnville, ME
Comment Period: 10/21/2025 - 11/21/2025 - Town of Oxford, Oxford, ME
Comment Period: 10/15/2025 - 11/17/2025 - Town of Bristol, Bristol, RI
Comment Period: 10/14/2025 - 11/21/2025 - Warren Wastewater Treatment Facility, Warren
Comment Period: 10/14/2025 - 11/20/2025 - Quonset Wastewater Treatment Facility, North Kingstown, RI
Comment Period: 10/14/2025 - 11/20/2025 - Town of Westerly, Westerly, RI
Comment Period: 10/14/2025 - 11/21/2025 - Dead River Fish Hatchery, Pierce Pond Township, ME
Comment Period: 10/08/2025 - 11/10/2025 - FirstLight Rocky River Station, New Milford, CT
Comment Period: 10/08/2025 - 11/07/2025 - City of Bangor, Bangor, ME
Comment Period: 10/07/2025 - 11/07/2025 - Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery, East Orland, ME
Comment Period: 10/06/2025 - 11/06/2025
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: Grafton & Upton Railroad Company, Inc.
364 West Street
Hopedale, MA 01747
Comment Period: 01/05/2026 to 02/04/2026 - In the Matter of: Hawthorn Preserve, LLC
The Residences at Hawthorn Preserve
338 Elm Street
Braintree, MA 02184
Comment Period: 12/08/2025 to 01/07/2026 - 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