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 Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
- Irving Oil Terminals Searsport Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, Searsport, ME
Comment Period: 09/18/2020 - 10/19/2020 - Irving Oil Terminals Searsport Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, Searsport, ME
Comment Period: 09/18/2020 - 10/19/2020 - The Trailing Yew LLC, Monhegan Island Plantation, ME
Comment Period: 09/11/2020 - 10/12/2020 - Saybrook Point Marina, LLC - Saybrook Point Inn, Old Saybrook, CT
Comment Period: 09/11/2020 - 10/11/2020 - Westborough Wastewater Treatment Facility, Co-Permittees Town of Shrewsbury, DPU, Town of Hopkinton DPU, Westborough, MA
Comment Period: 09/10/2020 - 10/09/2020 - Borough of Jewett City DPU, Jewett City, CT
Comment Period: 09/09/2020 - 10/09/2020 - City of Norwich WPCF, Norwich, CT
Comment Period: 09/09/2020 - 10/09/2020 - City of Norwalk WPCF, Norwalk, CT
Comment Period: 09/08/2020 - 10/08/2020 - Barre City Wastewater Treatment Facility, Barre, VT
Comment Period: 09/08/2020 - 10/08/2020 - Sprague Operating Resources LLC Bulk Storage Facility, Searsport, ME
Comment Period: 09/01/2020 - 09/30/2020 - Northfield Wastewater Treatment Facility, Northfield, VT
Comment Period: 08/28/2020 - 09/28/2020 - Stowe WWTF, Stowe, VT
Comment Period: 08/20/2020 - 09/21/2020 - NorthStar Nuclear Decommissioning Company, LLC, Vernon, VT
Comment Period: 08/19/2020 - 09/29/2020 - University of CT Avery Point Campus, Department of Marine Science, Groton, CT
Comment Period: 08/19/2020 - 09/19/2020 - Polar Beverages, Worcester, MA
Comment Period: 08/17/2020 - 09/15/2020 - Torrington WPCF, Torrington, CT
Comment Period: 08/12/2020 - 09/12/2020 - Town of Norfolk WPCF, Norfolk, CT
Comment Period: 07/31/2020 - 08/31/2020 - Marlborough Westerly Wastewater Treatment Plant Co-Permittee Northborough, Marlborough, MA
Comment Period: 07/30/2020 - 08/28/2020 - New England Petroleum Terminal, LLC - Northern Terminal, Providence, RI
Comment Period: 07/29/2020 - 09/03/2020 - New England Petroleum Terminal, LLC - Southern Terminal, Providence, RI
Comment Period: 07/29/2020 - 09/03/2020 - Sprague Operating Resources LLC-Providence Terminal, Providence, RI
Comment Period: 07/29/2020 - 09/03/2020 - Petroleum Heat and Power Company, Inc., East Greenwich, RI
Comment Period: 07/29/2020 - 09/03/2020 - Inland Fuel Terminals, Inc., Tiverton, RI
Comment Period: 07/29/2020 - 09/03/2020 - Town of Stratford WPCF, Stratford, CT
Comment Period: 07/29/2020 - 08/29/2020 - Town of Salisbury WPCF, Salisbury, CT
Comment Period: 07/29/2020 - 08/29/2020 - City of Bristol WPCF, Bristol, CT
Comment Period: 07/29/2020 - 08/29/2020 - Confluent Development, LLC - Long Creek, South Portland, ME
Comment Period: 07/28/2020 - 08/28/2020 - Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - Grand Lake Stream Hatchery, Grand Lake, ME
Comment Period: 07/28/2020 - 08/27/2020 - Blue Hill Wastewater Treatment Facility, Blue Hill, ME
Comment Period: 07/28/2020 - 08/27/2020 - Quabbin Wire & Cable Company, Inc., Ware, MA
Comment Period: 07/20/2020 - 08/18/2020 - Gardner Wastewater Treatment Facility; Co-Permittee Ashburnham, East Templeton, MA
Comment Period: 07/20/2020 - 08/18/2020 - Templeton Wastewater Treatment Plant, Baldwinville, MA
Comment Period: 07/17/2020 - 08/15/2020 - Clean Harbors of Braintree, Inc., Braintree, MA
Comment Period: 07/17/2020 - 08/15/2020 - Town of Orange Wastewater Treatment Facility, Orange, MA
Comment Period: 07/17/2020 - 08/15/2020 - Athol Wastewater Treatment Plant, Athol, MA
Comment Period: 07/16/2020 - 08/14/2020 - Massachusetts Port Authority Logan International Airport Fire Training Facility, East Boston, MA
Comment Period: 07/16/2020 - 08/14/2020 - Araminta's Dream, LLC D/B/A Monhegan House, Monhegan Island Plantation, ME
Comment Period: 07/15/2020 - 08/17/2020 - Orono-Veazie Water District, Orono, ME
Comment Period: 07/13/2020 - 08/12/2020 - Marine Resources Net Pen, Cutler, ME
Comment Period: 07/10/2020 - 08/10/2020 - Wells Sanitary District, Wells, ME
Comment Period: 07/09/2020 - 08/10/2020 - P.J. Keating – Acushnet Facility, Acushnet, MA
Comment Period: 07/01/2020 - 07/30/2020 - Genzyme Corporation, Allston, MA Draft
Comment Period: 07/01/2020 - 07/30/2020 - Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Inc., Cambridge, MA
Comment Period: 07/01/2020 - 07/30/2020 - Town of East Hampton WPCA, East Hampton, CT
Comment Period: 06/30/2020 - 07/30/2020 - Harvard University Blackstone Steam Plant, Cambridge, MA
Comment Period: 06/30/2020 - 07/29/2020 - Lancaster Wastewater Treatment Facility, Lancaster , NH
Comment Period: 06/24/2020 - 07/23/2020 - Penacook Wastewater Treatment Facility, Penacook, NH
Comment Period: 06/24/2020 - 07/23/2020 - Leavitt E. Magrath Wastewater Treatment Plant, Hampton, NH; Co-Permittee Rye Sewer Commission, Rye, NH, Hampton, Rye, NH
Public Notice Extension
Comment Period: 06/23/2020 - 07/22/2020 (Extended to 08/06/2020) - Seabrook Wastewater Treatment Facility, Seabrook, NH
Public Notice Extension
Comment Period: 06/23/2020 - 07/22/2020 (Extended to 08/06/2020) - Monticello Housing Corporation, Monticello, ME
Comment Period: 06/22/2020 - 07/22/2020 - Charlestown Wastewater Treatment Plant, Charlestown, NH
Comment Period: 06/22/2020 - 07/21/2020 - Town of Stonington Borough WPCF, Stonington, CT
Comment Period: 06/19/2020 - 07/19/2020 - Littleton Wastewater Treatment Plant, Littleton, NH
Comment Period: 06/18/2020 - 07/18/2020 - Town of Somers - Somersville WPCF, Somers, CT
Comment Period: 06/10/2020 - 07/10/2020 - Portland Pipe Line Corporation, South Portland, ME
Comment Period: 06/10/2020 - 07/09/2020 - Maine Water Company, Little Moose Township, ME
Comment Period: 06/08/2020 - 07/08/2020 - Greenwich Mills, LLC, Warwick, RI
Comment Period: 05/29/2020 - 07/02/2020 - Moosehead Sanitary District, Greenville, ME
Comment Period: 05/22/2020 - 06/22/2020 - Keene Wastewater Treatment Facility, co-permittee Town of Marlborough, co-permittee Town of Swanzey, Swanzey, NH
Public Notice Extension
Comment Period: 05/20/2020 - 06/18/2020 (Extended to 07/20/2020) - Milford Wastewater Treatment Plant, co-permittee Town of Wilton, Milford, NH
Public Notice Extension
Comment Period: 05/20/2020 - 06/18/2020 (Extended to 06/22/2020) - Town of Wiscasset POTW, Wiscasset, ME
Comment Period: 05/18/2020 - 06/17/2020 - Draft General Permit for Antifouling Paint Contaminated Vessel Wash for the State of Maine
Comment Period: 05/13/2020 - 06/15/2020 - Draft General Permit for Application of Piscicides for the Control of Invasive Fishes for the State of Maine
Comment Period: 05/13/2020 - 06/15/2020 - Cabot Wastewater Treatment Facility, Cabot, VT
Comment Period: 05/08/2020 - 06/08/2020 - City of Haverhill Water Pollution Abatement Facility and CSO's, Bradford, MA (Modification)
Comment Period: 05/06/2020 - 06/04/2020
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: Scituate Concrete Products Corporation
Comment period: 03/23/2020 - 04/22/2020 - In the Matter of: Barden's Boat Yard, Inc.
Comment period: 03/23/2020 - 04/22/2020 - In the Matter of: Palooza Beach, LLC
Comment period: 03/23/2020 - 04/22/2020 - In the Matter of: Wall Street Development Corp.
Comment period: 10/11/2019 - 11/11/2019 - In the Matter of: Comfort Homes, Inc.
Comment period: 08/20/2019 - 09/19/2019 - In the Matter of: Martelli Construction Co., Inc.
Comment period: 08/20/2019 - 09/19/2019 - In the Matter of: A.D. Makepeace Company
Comment period: 08/06/2019 - 09/05/2019 - In the Matter of: GBC Metals, LLC, d/b/a Somers Thin Strip Brass Group
Comment period: 05/23/2019 - 06/21/2019 - In the Matter of: Russo Bros., Inc.
Comment period: 04/29/2019 - 05/28/2019 - In the Matter of: Fafard Real Estate and Development, Corp., et al.
Comment period: 04/22/2019 - 05/21/2019 - In the Matter of: Ryan Marine Services, Inc.
Comment period: 04/08/2019 – 05/07/2019 - In the Matter of: Old Dutch Mustard Co., Inc., d/b/a Pilgrim Foods
Comment period: 02/15/2019 - 03/18/2019 - In the Matter of: The Middlesex School
Comment period: 12/26/2018 - 01/24/2019 - In the Matter of: Marblehead Trading Company
Comment period: 12/26/2018 - 01/24/2019 - In the Matter of: Martha's Vineyard Shipyard, Inc.
Comment period: 11/05/2018 - 12/04/2018 - In the Matter of: Alan M. Belanger
Comment period: 10/30/2018 - 11/28/2018 - In the Matter of: J & F Marinella Development Corporation
Comment period: 10/01/2018 - 10/30/2018 - In the Matter of: Lead the Way Development
Comment period: 10/01/2018 - 10/30/2018 - In the Matter of: Prime Marina Vineyard Haven
Comment period: 07/30/2018 - 08/28/2018 - In the Matter of: J.G. MacLellan Concrete Co., Inc.
Comment period: 07/20/2018 - 08/20/2018 - In the Matter of: Bath Iron Works
Comment period: 05/21/2018 - 06/19/2018 - In the Matter of: Electric Boat Corporation
Comment period: 04/04/2018 - 05/03/2018 - In the Matter of: Comfort Homes, Inc.
Comment period: 10/12/2017 - 11/13/2017 - In the Matter of: P.J. Keating Company
Comment period: 07/14/2017 - 08/14/2017 - In the Matter of: FM Partners, LLC
Comment period: 02/06/2017 - 03/07/2017 - In the Matter of: J.F. White Contracting Co. and Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Comment period: 11/21/2016 - 12/20/2016 - In the Matter of: Billings Diesel & Marine Services, Inc.
Comment period: 09/29/2016 - 10/28/2016 - In the Matter of: Great Bay Marine Inc.
Comment period: 08/20/2016 - 09/19/2016 - In the Matter of: Bird, Inc. and Certainteed Corporation
Comment period: 08/05/2016 - 09/06/2016 - In the Matter of: Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc. and Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.
Comment period: 08/05/2016 - 09/06/2016 - In the Matter of: Foster Materials, Inc.
Comment period: 07/13/2016 - 08/11/2016 - In the Matter of: The Maine Wood Treaters, Inc.
Comment period: 05/26/2016 - 06/24/2016 - In the Matter of: Townsend Oil Co., Inc.
Comment period: 05/13/2016 - 06/13/2016 - In the Matter of: Winkle Bus Company of West Haven, Inc.
Comment period: 03/11/2016 - 04/12/2016 - In the Matter of: Weymouth Salvage Company
Comment period: 12/15/2015 - 01/14/2016 - In the Matter of: Advance Coatings Company Inc.
Comment period: 12/07/2015 - 01/05/2016 - In the Matter of: B&B Petroleum, Inc.
Comment period: 11/09/2015 - 12/08/2015 - In the Matter of: Town of Sunapee, New Hampshire
Comment period: 11/05/2015 - 12/04/2015 - In the Matter of: Whipple Construction Company
Comment period: 09/14/2015 - 10/13/2015
Toxic Substances and Control Act (TSCA) - PCBs
- Cyn Environmental Services, Dover, NH
Comment period: 11/21/2018 - 12/21/2018 - Clean Earth of Carteret, LLC, Plainville, CT
Comment period: 11/13/2018 - 12/13/2018
Clean Air Act Permits
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action
- Naval Submarine Base New London (SUBASENLON), Groton, Connecticut
Comment period: 7/27/2020 - 9/10/2020 - Mystic Station, Charlestown, MA
Comment period: 8/24/2019 - 9/23/2019