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)
- 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)
- Draft General Permit for Point Source Discharges to Waters of the State from the Application of Pesticides, State of CT
Comment Period: 04/19/2024 - 05/19/2024 - FedEx Ground Package System, Inc, Willington, CT
Comment Period: 04/17/2024 - 05/17/2024 - Valley Shore YMCA, Inc., Westbrook, CT
Comment Period: 04/11/2024 - 05/11/2024 - Manchester Wastewater Treatment Facility and Co-Permittees Bedford: NHC010447; Goffstown: NHC020447; and Londonderry: NHC030447 and 15 CSOs, Manchester, NH
Public Notice Extension (pdf)
Comment Period: 04/10/2024 - 05/10/2024 (Extended to 06/10/2024) - Draft General Permit for the Discharge of Stormwater Associated with Industrial Activities, State of CT
Comment Period: 03/26/2024 - 05/10/2024 - John F. Carr, Jr., Bridgewater, CT (Denial of Permit)
Comment Period: 03/25/2024 - 04/25/2024 - Draft General Permit for Municipal Separate Storm Water Sewer System, State of ME
Comment Period: 03/18/2024 - 04/18/2024 - Berwick Sewer District, Berwick, ME
Comment Period: 03/08/2024 - 04/08/2024 - Moosabec Mussels, Inc., Jonesport, ME
Comment Period: 02/29/2024 - 03/29/2024 - Draft General Permit for Discharge of Swimming Pool Wastewater to Surface and Ground Waters, State of CT
Comment Period: 02/10/2024 - 03/10/2024 - Jamestown Wastewater Treatment Facility, Jamestown, RI
Comment Period: 02/09/2024 - 03/21/2024 - New Shoreham Water Pollution Control Facility & Block Island Water Company, Block Island, RI
Comment Period: 02/09/2024 - 03/21/2024 - South Kingstown Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant, Narragansett, RI
Comment Period: 02/09/2024 - 03/21/2024 - Burrillville Wastewater Treatment Facility, Harrisville, RI
Comment Period: 02/09/2024 - 03/21/2024 - 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: 02/01/2024 - 04/01/2024 (Extended to 04/16/2024) - Merrimack Station, Bow, NH (Modification)
Public Notice Extension (pdf)
Comment Period: 02/01/2024 - 03/04/2024 (corrected) (Extended to 03/11/2024) - Auburn Sewerage District, Auburn, ME
Comment Period: 01/30/2024 - 02/29/2024 - City of Old Town – Community Pool, Old Town, ME
Comment Period: 01/24/2024 - 02/26/2024 - Calais School Department Overboard Discharge, Calais, ME
Comment Period: 01/24/2024 - 02/26/2024 - Berlin Pollution Control Facility and CSO Outfall 002, Berlin, NH
Comment Period: 01/23/2024 - 02/22/2024 - Winnipesaukee River Basin Program Wastewater Treatment Plant, Franklin, NH
Comment Period: 01/23/2024 - 02/22/2024 - FirstLight Housatonic CT LLC - Falls Village Station, Falls Village, CT
Comment Period: 01/11/2024 - 02/11/2024 - Sunday River Skiway Corporation Bethel Commercial Overboard Discharge, Newry, ME
Comment Period: 01/05/2024 - 02/05/2024 - Good Will-Hinckley Overboard Discharge, Hinckley, ME
Comment Period: 01/05/2024 - 02/05/2024 - Newagen Seaside Inn, Inc. Overboard Discharge, Newagen, ME
Comment Period: 01/05/2024 - 02/05/2024 - Town of Somerset Water Pollution Control Facility, Somerset, MA
Comment Period: 12/22/2023 - 02/05/2024 - Draft General Permit Discharge of Stormwater from the Connecticut Department of Transportation Separate Storm Sewer Systems, State of Connecticut
Comment Period: 12/21/2023 - 01/21/2024 - Alison Pastorfield Associates, Inc., Guilford, CT (Denial of Permit)
Comment Period: 12/20/2023 - 01/20/2024 - Fitchburg Easterly Wastewater Treatment Facility (MA0100986) and 9 CSOs and Co-permitee Town of Westminster (MAC010986), Fitchburg, MA
Comment Period: 12/15/2023 - 01/29/2024 - Brighton WWTF, Brighton, VT
Comment Period: 12/12/2023 - 01/11/2024 - Bridgewater Associates, LP, Westport, CT (Denial of Permit)
Comment Period: 12/07/2023 - 01/04/2024
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: McConnell Enterprises, Inc.
McConnell Enterprises, Inc.
60 Garden Park
Braintree, MA 02184
Comment period: 04/23/2024 to 05/22/2024 - In the Matter of: Dave's Automotive Enterprises
Dave's Automotive Enterprises
42 Roxbury Road
Marlborough, NH 03455
Comment period: 04/08/2024 to 05/07/2024 - In the Matter of: Pratt & Co., Inc. and Little River Recycling, Inc. d/b/a Pratt (Waste Connections)
Pratt & Co., Inc. and Little River Recycling, Inc. d/b/a Pratt Trucking
22 Town Forest Road
Oxford, MA 01540
Comment period: 03/28/2024 to 04/29/2024 - In the Matter of: SPS New England, Inc.
95 Behen St.
Everett, Massachusetts along Island End River
Comment period: 03/22/2024 to 04/22/2024 - In the Matter of: 603 Auto Salvage, Inc.
603 Auto Salvage, Inc.
233 Main Street
Plaistow, NH 03865
Comment period: 03/13/2024 to 04/12/2024 - In the Matter of: Regal Auto Parts, Inc. d/b/a Brockton Auto Parts
Regal Auto Parts, Inc. d/b/a Brockton Auto Parts
511 Thatcher Street
Brockton, MA 02302
Comment period: 03/04/2024 to 04/03/2024 - In the Matter of: Supreme Forest Products, Inc.
Supreme Forest Products, Inc.
d/b/a E.R. Hinman & Sons, Inc.
77 Milford Street
Burlington, CT 06013
Comment period: 02/16/2024 to 03/15/2024 - In the Matter of: Everett’s Auto Parts, Inc.
Everett's Auto Parts, Inc.
553 Thatcher Street
Brockton, MA 02302
Comment period: 02/12/2024 to 03/11/2024 - In the Matter of: Navisun LLC.
Navisun Solar Facility
550 Main Street
Acushnet, MA
Comment period: 02/05/2024 to 03/04/2024 - In the Matter of: Central Maine & Quebec Railway US, Inc.
Site #1: Railway track adjacent to State Route 16 and the Dead Stream in LaGrange, Maine.
Site #2: Railway track adjacent to an unnamed creek south of Little Brassua Lake in the Sandwich Academy Grant Township near Brassua, Maine.
Comment period: 01/26/2023 - 02/26/2024 - In the Matter of: Lifoam Industries, LLC
Lifoam Industries, LLC
351 Holt Road
North Andover, MA 01845
Comment period: 12/05/2023 - 01/04/2024 - In the Matter of: Capstan Management, Inc. (dba Fitzgerald Shipyard)
Capstan Management, Inc.
1 Winnisimmet Street
Chelsea, MA 02150
Comment period: 10/13/2023 - 11/13/2023 - In the Matter of: J Jill Development LLC
James Way Townhouses
60 City Depot Road
Charlton, MA 01507
Comment period: 10/06/2023 - 11/06/2023 - In the Matter of: Eastland Partners, Inc.
The Reserve
Albert St.
Auburn, MA 01051
Comment period: 10/06/2023 - 11/06/2023 - In the Matter of: The Marina at Admiral's Hill Long Term Lessees Association, Inc.
The Marina at Admiral’s Hill Long Term Lessees Association, Inc.
305 Commandant's Way
Chelsea, MA 02150
Comment period: 07/28/2023 - 08/28/2023 - In the Matter of: Desmond Yacht Yard, Inc.
Desmond Yacht Yard, Inc.
60 River Street
Beverly, MA 01915
Comment period: 07/26/2023 - 08/25/2023 - In the Matter of: McLaughlin Transportation Systems, Inc.
McLaughlin Transportation Systems, Inc.
20 Progress Avenue
Nashua, NH 03062
Comment period: 07/14/2023 - 08/14/2023 - In the Matter of: Silenex Associates, LLC
Silenex Associates, LLC
186 Cherry Lane
Durham, CT
Comment period: 07/14/2023 - 08/14/2023 - In the Matter of: Scrap Metals, Inc.
Scrap Metals, Inc.
128 East Glenwood Street
Nashua, NH 03060
Comment period: 06/07/2023 - 07/07/2023 - In the Matter of: Veolia North America, LLC
Taunton Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP)
825 West Water Street
Taunton MA 02780
Comment period: 05/08/2023 to 06/07/2023 - In the Matter of: Captain Joseph J. O'Connell Co., Inc.
Captain Joseph J. O'Connell Co., Inc.
180 River Street
Fall River, MA 02720
Comment period: 04/28/2023 - 05/29/2023 - In the Matter of: The Homes at Aro Estates, LLC
Aro Estates Tree Clearing
Howard Street
Lunenberg, MA 01462
Comment period: 03/24/2023 - 04/25/2023 - In the Matter of: Minichiello Bros., Inc.
Scrap It, Inc.
431 2nd Street
Everett, MA 02149
Comment period: 03/21/2023 - 04/21/2023 - In the Matter of: E.T. Cote & Son Auto Exchange, Inc.
E.T. Cote & Son Auto Exchange, Inc.
37 9th Street
Leominster, MA 01453
Comment period: 03/21/2023 - 04/21/2023 - In the Matter of: Excel Recycling, LLC
Excel Recycling, LLC
137 Charlotte White Road
Westport, MA 02790
Comment period: 12/21/2022 to 01/20/2023 - Region 1 Enforcement - Clean Water Act Public Notices Archive
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
- 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, CT
Comment Period: 07/27/2020 - 09/10/2020 - Mystic Station, Charlestown, MA
Comment Period: 0/24/2019 - 09/23/2019
National Historic Preservation Act
- Programmatic Agreement Under the Natonal Historic Preservaton Act, New Hampshire
Comment Period: 03/04/2024 - 04/03/2024