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Supporting Documentation · Jan 16, 2025

12 12 24 PSEG West Orange BOA ZB 24 06 PSEG 35 Mt Pleasant Ave Full Size

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Page 35 1 And as you look at the -- the species, 2 it's quite obvious that when the substation was 3 constructed, there were certain species of trees 4 which were actually planted. And that would be white 5 cedar, white pine, Colorado blue spruce, Norway 6 spruce, Rocky Mountain juniper, Willow Oak, Little 7 Leaf Linden, London plane, Douglas fir, horse 8 chestnut and serviceberry. 9 So these were trees that were 10 specifically planted, they were purchased from a 11 nursery and installed. 12 And then as time went on and the 13 maintenance of the site was not up to par, we got 14 invasive species coming in. We got box elder, black 15 cherry, black walnut, white ash, Norway maple, red 16 oak, red maple, eastern red cedar crab apple, black 17 locust, Tree of Heaven, oh boy, yellow birch, 18 American elm, white mulberry, and bitter nut hickory. 19 Those trees all were self-planted by 20 nature. And many of them are really undesirable 21 trees to have on a property, but it's indicative that 22 the maintenance of the property was really not up to 23 par. 24 Of the original trees that were 25 planted, what I did was I tried to look at trees that

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