Township Council Meeting — Packet

EXHIBIT “A” ENVIRONMENTAL ACCESS, NOTIFICATION and OBLIGATIONS AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is made this 28th day of April, 2026, by and between Woodard and Curran., Two Executive Campus, Suite 125, Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08002, as environmental consultants to and on behalf of the “DGP Urban Renewal, LLC” (the “Responsible Party” or “DGP”) for NJDEP Case No. 06-11-27-0831-59 (the “Consultant” or “W&C”), and the Township of West Orange, a body public and corporate of the State of New Jersey, with offices located at 66 Main Street, West Orange, New Jersey 07052 as owner ("Owner" or “Township”), of that certain property identified as Block 64, Lot 34 also known as 12-18 Ashland Ave. West Orange, New Jersey (the “Property”) WITNESSETH WHEREAS, W&C in order to perform continuing investigation, sampling and remedial work in part required of DGP pursuant to New Jersey Industrial Site Recovery Act (“ISRA”), has requested that Owner permit W&C and its employees, agents, representatives, contractors and subcontractors to enter upon the Property for the purpose of conducting certain activities on behalf of the DGP, as herein described. WHEREAS, the Responsible Party has contracted with Consultant, an independent contractor, to conduct an environmental investigation and remediation at property located at 177 Main Street, Block 66, Lot 1 in West Orange, New Jersey as required by New Jersey law and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ("NJDEP") regulations. As part of the investigation and remediation at 177 Main Street, Consultant requires access to the Property to conduct required work. WHEREAS, the required work concerns the installation of a monitoring well and related activities as detailed in the Scope of Work annexed hereto as “Exhibit A” and incorporated herein by reference. With respect to the Property, the required work includes (collectively, referred to as the "Work"): a) the Well will be periodically sampled for groundwater at the Property, with analyses for only the following contaminants of concern: Chloroethane, Benzo(a)anthracene, Lead, and Nickel; and b) once the Well is no longer required by the NJDEP, the Well will be properly abandoned and decommissioned in accordance with applicable NJDEP regulations; and c) once the Well is no longer required by the NJDEP, Consultant and the Responsible Party will restore the Property to its

ned and decommissioned in accordance with applicable NJDEP regulations; and c) once the Well is no longer required by the NJDEP, Consultant and the Responsible Party will restore the Property to its pre-access condition; and