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)
- City of Norwalk WPCA (Notification of Zoom Hearing), Norwalk, CT
Hearing: 01/14/2021
Comments till: 01/22/2021 - L.S. Starrett Company, Athol, MA
Comment Period: 01/19/2021 - 02/17/2021 - Bridgeport East Side WPCF, Bridgeport, CT
Comment Period: 01/13/2021 - 02/13/2021 - Rocky Hill WPCF, Rocky Hill, CT
Comment Period: 01/13/2021 - 02/13/2021 - City of Biddeford POTW, Biddeford, ME
Comment Period: 01/12/2021 - 02/12/2021 - Boston Ship Repair, LLC, Boston, MA
Comment Period: 01/12/2021 - 02/10/2021 - Town of Plainville WPCF, Plainville, CT
Comment Period: 12/23/2020 - 01/23/2021 - Marshfield Wastewater Treatment Facility, Marshfield, VT
Comment Period: 12/22/2020 - 01/22/2021 - Pineland Farms Potato Company, Inc., Mars Hill, ME
Comment Period: 12/18/2020 - 01/18/2021 - Aquatic Research Organisms, Inc., Hampton, NH
Comment Period: 12/15/2020 - 01/29/2021 - Enthalpy Analytical, Hampton, NH
Comment Period: 12/15/2020 - 01/29/2021 - Fort Hill Farms, LLC, Thompson, CT
Comment Period: 12/10/2020 - 01/10/2021 - Town of New Canaan WPCA, New Canaan, CT
Comment Period: 12/04/2020 - 01/04/2021 - Sprague Quincy Terminal, Quincy, MA
Comment Period: 12/04/2020 - 02/02/2021 - Sprague Twin Rivers Technology (TRT) Terminal, Quincy, MA
Comment Period: 12/04/2020 - 02/02/2021 - Smithfield Wastewater Treatment Facility, Smithfield, RI
Comment Period: 11/13/2020 - 12/14/2020 - City of Bath POTW, Bath, ME
Comment Period: 11/09/2020 - 12/09/2020 - Southhaven Associates LLC, Southbury, CT
Comment Period: 11/06/2020 - 12/06/2020 - Hollingsworth & Vose Company, East Walpole, MA
Comment Period: 11/06/2020 - 12/06/2020 - Pixelle Androscoggin LLC - Androscoggin Mill, Jay, ME
Comment Period: 11/04/2020 - 12/04/2020 - Edward Farrar Utility District Wastewater Treatment Plant, Waterbury, VT
Comment Period: 11/04/2020 - 12/04/2020 - Town of Richmond WWTF, Richmond, VT
Comment Period: 11/03/2020 - 12/03/2020 - CITGO Braintree Terminal, East Braintree, MA
Public Notice Extension
Comment Period: 10/26/2020 - 11/24/2020
(Extended to 12/28/2020) - University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA
Comment Period: 10/15/2020 - 11/16/2020 - City of Shelton WPCF, Shelton, CT
Comment Period: 10/15/2020 - 11/15/2020 - Big Y Foods, Inc. and Shoreline Plaza, LLC., Guilford, CT
Comment Period: 10/13/2020 - 11/13/2020 - Westborough Wastewater Treatment Facility, Co-Permittees Town of Shrewsbury, DPU, Town of Hopkinton DPU, Westborough, MA
Comment Period: 10/08/2020 - 11/09/2020 - Plainfield Wastewater Treatment Facility, Plainfield, VT
Comment Period: 10/07/2020 - 11/06/2020 - Exxon Mobil Oil Corp - East Providence Terminal, East Providence, RI
Comment Period: 10/02/2020 - 11/06/2020 - Stowe WWTF, Stowe, VT (Revision)
Comment Period: 10/02/2020 - 11/02/2020 - 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 - 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
Archive of NPDES public notices: CT | ME | MA | NH | RI | VT
NPDES Water Permit Program in New England Web Site »
Water Quality Standards
The USACE and EPA are holding joint outreach events to inform the general public, applicants, sponsors, consultants, and industry of changes in regulations/policy related to Department of the Army Permits. You can view this special public notice at: https://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Portals/74/docs/regulatory/PublicNotices/2020/Regulatory-Outreach-USACE-PN.pdf (2 pp, 207 K, About PDF).Exit The special public notice provides more details on registering for these virtual outreach events.
For more information, please contact Greg Penta at gregory.r.penta@usace.army.mil or (978) 318-8862.
Enforcement - Clean Water Act
- In the Matter of: Dat Tieu Enterprise LLC
Comment period: 01/13/2021 - 02/12/2021 - In the Matter of: LKQ Northeast, Inc.
Comment period: 12/29/2020 - 01/28/2021 - In the Matter of: Egan Development, LLC
Comment period: 12/23/2020 - 01/22/2021 - In the Matter of: Royal Haven Builders, Inc.
Comment period: 12/23/2020 - 01/22/2021 - In the Matter of: Anthony Troiano & Sons, Inc.
Comment period: 12/22/2020 - 01/21/2021 - 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