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Supporting Documentation · Nov 10, 2024

Exhibit O6 2151002Princeton Hydro West Essex Stormwater Comments 202401115

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Scarlett Simpson November 15, 2024 New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Land Resource Protection Mail Code 501-02A P.O. Box 420 Trenton, New Jersey 08625 Via email: scarlett.simpson@dep.nj.gov RE: Stormwater Management, Freshwater Wetlands, and Flood Hazard Individual Application Review West Essex Highlands Inc, Inc. Block No. 179, Lot No.32 West Orange Township, Essex County, New Jersey PB-24-01 West Essex Highlands, Inc. Dear Mrs. Simpson, At the request of attorney Bruce Afran, counsel for objectors and We Care NJ Corp., Princeton Hydro has performed an independent technical review of the aforementioned development located in West Orange Township, NJ. The project is also the subject of a NJDEP Flood Hazard Area permit and Freshwater Wetland Permit, NJDEP File and Activity No. 0722-04-0001.1, LUP230001. The initial Flood Hazard Area permit had been withdrawn, and the new Flood Hazard Area permit application was submitted on July 22, 2024. Princeton Hydro also reviewed the latest (third) submission of the Freshwater Wetlands permit application. A revised submission was provided to the NJDEP on October 2, 2024. Princeton Hydro has updated our review letter based on the latest submission. It is Princeton Hydro’s understanding that the NJDEP has allowed the project to be exempted from the Inland Flood Protection Rule because the Wetlands permit application was originally submitted prior to implementation of the Inland Flood Rule even though the applicant withdrew the Flood Hazard Permit application and has submitted a new permit application. Princeton Hydro maintains that the project should not be exempt from the Inland Flood Protection Rules. Documents central to the contents of this letter include but are not limited to the following: • Plan titled, “Preliminary and Final Site Plans West Essex Highlands Block 179 Lot 32, Tax Map #130 Township of West Orange Essex County, New Jersey, Overall Drainage Area Map” prepared by Paul W. Anderson, PE of Anderson Consulting Services LLC., dated September 23, 2022, last revised October 28, 2024. • Drainage Report, “Stormwater Management Report (formerly Drainage Report) West Essex Highlands Block 179, Lot 32, Township of West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey,” prepared for West Essex Highlands Inc., prepared by Anderson Consulting Services LLC., dated March 12, 2023, last revised October 28,

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k 179, Lot 32, Township of West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey,” prepared for West Essex Highlands Inc., prepared by Anderson Consulting Services LLC., dated March 12, 2023, last revised October 28, 2024.

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