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State of Nee Jersey PHILIP D, MURPHY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CATHERINE R. McCABE recor eee . Commissioner Gov Division of Land Use Regulation Mail Code 501-02A P.O. Box 420 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0420 www.nj.gov/dep/landuse SHEILA Y. OLIVER Lt. Governor Mr. Mark Hoffman Garden Homes 820 Morris Turnpike, Suite 102 Short Hilis, New Jersey 07078 RE: Freshwater Wetlands Letter of Interpretation: Line Verification DLUR File No.: 0722-04-0001.1 Activity Number: FWW 180001 Applicant: Garden Homes Block: 179 — Lot: 32 Township of West Orange, Essex County Dear Mr. Hoffman: This letter is in response to your request for a Freshwater Wetlands Letter of Interpretation Line Verification to have Division of Land Use Regulation (Division) staff verify the boundary of the freshwater wetlands and/or State open waters on the referenced property. In accordance with agreements between the State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACOE) Philadelphia and New York Districts, and the U.S, Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the NJDEP is the lead agency for establishing the extent of State and Federally regulated wetlands and waters, The USEPA and/or USACOE retain the right to reevaluate and modify the jurisdictional determination at any time should the information prove to be incomplete or inaccurate. Based upon the information submitted, and upon site inspections conducted by Division staff on December 17, 2018 and September 11, 2019, the Division has determined that the wetlands and waters boundary lines as shown on the plan map entitled: “WEST ESSEX HIGHLANDS — WETLANDS DELINEATION”, consisting of 1 sheet, dated August 27, 2018, last revised November 25, 2019, and prepared by Anderson Consulting Services LLC, is accurate as shown. The freshwater wetlands, waters boundary lines and transition areas, as determined in this letter, must be shown on any future site development plans. The lines should be labeled with the above file number and the following note: “Freshwater Wetlands/Waters Boundary Line as verified by NIDEP”. Wetlands Resource Value Classification (“RVC”) In addition, the Division has determined that the resource value and the standard transition area or buffer required adjacent to the delineated wetlands are as follows: New Jersey is an Eqnal Opportunity Employer

the Division has determined that the resource value and the standard transition area or buffer required adjacent to the delineated wetlands are as follows: New Jersey is an Eqnal Opportunity Employer «Printed on Recycled Paper ad Recyclable