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)
- 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
Comment period: 01/16/2025 - 02/18/2025 - Granite State Concrete Co., Inc., Westford, MA
Comment period: 01/14/2025 - 02/13/2025 - Draft General Permit for the Discharge of Stormwater Associated with Industrial Activities, State of CT
Comment Period: 12/30/2024 - 01/29/2025 - Town of South Windsor, South Windsor, CT
Comment period: 12/26/2024 - 01/24/2025 - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Green Lake National Fish Hatchery, Ellsworth, ME
Comment period: 12/20/2024 - 01/20/2025 - Swansea Water District Desalination Facility, Swansea, MA
Comment period: 12/19/2024 - 02/03/2025 - Draft RIPDES General Permit for Non-Contact Cooling Water Discharges - RIG250000
Comment Period: 12/19/2024 - 01/29/2025 - Nashua Wastewater Treatment Facility and 9 CSOs (NH0100170) and Co-Permittee (Town of Hudson - NHC010170), Nashua, NH
Comment period: 12/18/2024 - 02/03/2025 - 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
Comment period: 12/16/2024 - 01/30/2025 - Charles River Pollution Control District (Water Pollution Abatement Facility - MA0102598) and Co-Permittees (Town of Franklin - MAC012598; Town of Medway - MAC022598; Town of Millis - MAC032598; Town of Bellingham - MAC042598), Medway, MA
Comment period: 12/16/2024 - 01/30/2025 - 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) - Regional School District 7 - Haddam-Killingworth Middle School, Killingworth, CT
Comment Period: 12/10/2024 - 01/09/2025 - Hillandale Farms Conn, LLC, Franklin, CT
Comment period: 12/02/2024 - 01/02/2025 - Region 1 Draft New Hampshire Medium Wastewater Treatment Facility General Permit
Comment period: 11/13/2024 - 02/12/2025 - Brewer Water Pollution Control Facility, Brewer, ME
Comment Period: 10/25/2024 - 11/25/2024 - Eastport Quoddy Village Treatment Facility, Eastport, ME
Comment Period: 10/24/2024 - 11/25/2024 - Town of North Haven, North Haven, ME
Comment Period: 10/24/2024 - 11/25/2024 - Northport Village Corporation Wastewater Treatment Facility, Northport, ME
Comment Period: 10/24/2024 - 11/25/2024 - Stonington Sanitary District, Stonington, ME
Comment Period: 10/24/2024 - 11/25/2024 - City of Eastport, Eastport, ME
Comment Period: 10/24/2024 - 11/25/2024 - Lubec Wastewater Treatment Facility, Lubec, ME
Comment Period: 10/24/2024 - 11/25/2024 - Bayville Village Corporation, Boothbay Harbor, ME
Comment Period: 10/24/2024 - 11/25/2024 - Wieland Rolled Products North America LLC, Waterbury, CT
Comment Period: 10/22/2024 - 11/21/2024 - Town of Brownville POTW, Brownville, ME
Comment Period: 10/18/2024 - 11/18/2024 - Allnex USA Inc, Wallingford, CT
Comment Period: 10/04/2024 - 11/04/2024 - SouthCoast Wind Farm Offshore Converter Station #1 BOEM Renewable Energy Lease Area OCS-A 0521, Atlantic Ocean, MA
Public Notice (pdf)
Comment Period: 10/03/2024 - 11/06/2024 - FirstLight CT Hydro LLC-Taftville, Taftville, CT
Comment Period: 10/03/2024 - 11/03/2024 - Town of East Millinocket POTW, East Millinocket, ME
Comment Period: 10/02/2024 - 11/01/2024 - Lincoln Sanitary District Wastewater Treatment Facility, Lincoln, ME
Comment Period: 10/01/2024 - 10/31/2024 - Rumford-Mexico Sewerage District, Rumford, ME
Comment Period: 09/23/2024 - 10/23/2024 - US EPA Atlantic Coastal Environmental Sciences Division, Narragansett, RI
Comment Period: 09/20/2024 - 10/29/2024 - Town of Canton Pollution Abatement Facility, Canton, ME
Comment Period: 09/20/2024 - 10/21/2024 - Draft Comprehensive General Permit for Discharges to Surface and Ground Water, State of CT
Comment Period: 09/18/2024 - 10/18/2024 - Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Wade State Fish Hatchery, Casco, ME
Comment Period: 09/17/2024 - 10/17/2024 - Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Dry Mills Fish Hatchery, Gray, ME
Comment Period: 09/17/2024 - 10/17/2024 - Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Grand Lake Stream Hatchery, Grand Lake, ME
Comment Period: 09/17/2024 - 10/17/2024 - Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Governor Hill Fish Hatchery, Augusta, ME
Comment Period: 09/17/2024 - 10/17/2024 - Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Palermo Rearing Station, Palermo, ME
Comment Period: 09/17/2024 - 10/17/2024 - Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Ela Rearing Station, Embden, ME
Comment Period: 09/17/2024 - 10/17/2024 - Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife IFW Cobb Rearing Station, Enfield, ME
Comment Period: 09/17/2024 - 10/17/2024 - Livermore Falls Wastewater Treatment Facility, Livermore Falls, ME
Comment Period: 09/09/2024 - 10/09/2024 - Town of Lisbon, Lisbon Falls, ME
Comment Period: 09/06/2024 - 10/07/2024 - Click Bond, Inc., Watertown, CT
Comment Period: 08/23/2024 - 09/23/2024 - Bridgeport Energy LLC, Bridgeport, CT
Comment Period: 08/21/2024 - 09/21/2024 - Town of Frenchville, Frenchville, ME
Comment Period: 08/20/2024 - 09/19/2024
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: Procopio Enterprises, Inc.
Trails Edge
86 Rockingham Road
Windham, NH 03087
Comment Period: 12/03/2024 - 01/02/2025 - In the Matter of: Capitol Waste Services, Inc.
Capitol Waste Services, Inc.
20 Railroad Street
Revere, MA 02151
Comment Period: 11/21/2024 - 12/23/2024 - In the Matter of: NHNY Marina Development, LLC d/b/a Riveredge Marina
NHNY Marina Development, LLC
283 River Street
Ashland, NH 03217
Comment Period: 10/18/2024 - 11/18/2024 - In the Matter of: Onyx Corporation
Onyx Corporation
24 South Hunt Road
Amesbury, MA 01913
Comment Period: 09/24/2024 - 10/23/2024 - In the Matter of: Soundview Paper Company
Soundview Paper Company
1 Mill Street
Putney, VT 05346
Comment Period: 09/24/2024 - 10/23/2024 - In the Matter of: Hutchens Holding III, LLC
Ice Cube - Cold Storage & Logistics
615 Innovation Way
Fall River, MA 02720
Comment Period: 09/19/2024 - 10/18/2024 - In the Matter of: Lakeview Marine, Inc.
Lakeview Marine, Inc.
311 Thompson Road
Webster, MA 01570
Comment Period: 09/06/2024 - 10/07/2024 - 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 - 09/08/2024
Clean Air Act Permits
- EPA's December 19, 2023 Draft Outer Continental Shelf Air Permit for the Sunrise Wind Project
Public comment period dates are December 19, 2023 – January 24, 2024. - EPA's December 19, 2023 Draft Outer Continental Shelf Air Permit for the New England Wind 1 Project
Public comment period dates are December 19, 2023 – January 25, 2024. - EPA's December 19, 2023 Draft Outer Continental Shelf Air Permit for the New England Wind 2 Project
Public comment period dates are December 19, 2023 – January 25, 2024.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action
- 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
- Programmatic Agreement Under the Natonal Historic Preservaton Act, New Hampshire
Comment Period: 03/04/2024 - 04/03/2024