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)
- Hytone Farm, LLC, Coventry, CT
Comment Period: 07/02/2024 - 08/02/2024 - Hillandale Farms Conn, LLC - Schwartz Road, Bozrah, CT
Comment Period: 06/17/2024 - 07/17/2024 - Hillandale Farms Conn, LLC - Under The Mountain Road, Franklin, CT
Comment Period: 06/17/2024 - 07/17/2024 - Hillandale Farms Conn, LLC - Brush Hill Road, Bozrah, CT
Comment Period: 06/17/2024 - 07/17/2024 - Hillandale Farms Conn, LLC - Mack Road, Lebanon, CT
Comment Period: 06/17/2024 - 07/17/2024 - Hillandale Farms Conn, LLC - Shailor Hill Road, Colchester, CT
Comment Period: 06/13/2024 - 07/13/2024 - FirstLight CT Hydro LLC - Robertsville Generating Station, Colebrook, CT, CT0030812
Comment Period: 06/13/2024 - 07/13/2024 - Draft RIPDES Multi-Sector General Permit for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Industrial Activity (Excluding Construction Activity), State of RI
Comment Period: 05/24/2024 - 06/28/2024 - Draft RIPDES Remediation General Permit, State of RI
Comment Period: 05/10/2024 - 06/21/2024 - Lake of Isles, LLC, Stonington, CT
Comment Period: 05/06/2024 - 06/06/2024 - Laurelbrook Farm, LLC, East Canaan, CT
Comment Period: 05/03/2024 - 06/03/2024 - 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)
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: Barkley Enterprises LLC
Murray Road Residential Development
20 Murray Road
Ashburnham, MA 01430
Comment period: 07/05/2024 to 08/06/2024 - In the Matter of: Charles Drew (d/b/a Drew Auto Parts)
Charles Drew (d/b/a Drew Auto Parts)
112 Clark Road
Tilton, NH 03276
Comment period: 05/07/2024 to 06/06/2024 - In the Matter of: Catania-Spagna Corporation
Catania-Spagna Corporation
3 Nemco Way
Ayer, MA 01432
Comment period: 05/01/2024 to 05/31/2024 - 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: 01/26/2024 - 02/26/2024 - 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, 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