85-25 Exhibit B-L_West Orange BDA Acceptance.pdf

85-25 Exhibit B State of Nef Jersey PHILIP D, MURPHY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SHAWN M. LATOURETTE Governor CONTAMINATED SITE REMEDIATION AND REDEVELOPMENT Commissioner OFFICE OF BROWNFIELD AND COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION TAHESHA L. WAY Mail Code 401-05K Lt. Governor P.O. Box 420 401 E. State Street Trenton, New Jersey 08625 31 December 2024 Susan McCartney, Mayor Township of West Orange 66 Main Street West Orange, NJ 07052-5054 Re: Acceptance of West Orange Township’s Brownfield Development Area Application ome Dear Mayor USM The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s (Department) Office of Brownfield and Community Revitalization (Office) is excited to announce that West Orange’s application for the Lakeside Avenue Brownfield Development Area (BDA) has been selected to work in the BDA Program. The Department and our Office is pleased happy to be partnering again with West Orange to help the township realize its brownfield redevelopment goals, as outlined in the BDA application to our Office received on July 31, 2024. In the upcoming weeks, a BDA Manager from the Office of Brownfield and Community Revitalization will be assigned to the Lakeside Avenue BDA and will contact you to set up a BDA Kickoff Meeting with West Orange and the BDA Steering Committee. The BDA Manager will send an electronic copy of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for your review prior to the Kickoff Meeting. At the Kickoff Meeting the BDA Manager will explain the role of our Office and the role of the Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP) in the remediation of contaminated properties. Also, the BDA Manager will go over the MOU and the commitments therein that, when signed, will formalize our partnership to work on the brownfield sites in the Lakeside Avenue BDA. We look forward to working with the Township of West Orange and the Steering Committee to move the BDA goals forward. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions at (609) 940-4435 or by e-mail at Frank.McLaughlin@dep.nj.gov. Sincerely, ranklin B. McLaug! ¥ Manager Office of Brownfield and Community Revitalization cc: Zayibeth Carballo, West Orange Public Works and Engineering Department James Abbott, West Orange Township Police Department Peter Smeraldo, West Orange Township Administrative Department Allison Motnar, Matrix New World Engineering Mark Sprengel,

ngineering Department James Abbott, West Orange Township Police Department Peter Smeraldo, West Orange Township Administrative Department Allison Motnar, Matrix New World Engineering Mark Sprengel, Matrix New World Engineering Richard Trenk, Trenk, Isabel, Sibbigi & Shahdanian, P.C.

Megan Brill, Downtown West Orange Alliance Michael Brick, West Orange Environmental Commission