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We have entered your OPRA Request in the OPRA System. Please use OPRA Tracking # 403727 for any correspondence.

Trisha Coats
Senior Management Assistant
Office of Record Access
401 East State St, 6th Fl
Trenton, NJ 08625
609-341-3121
[email address]

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From: PP <[OPRA #94300 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2026 8:17 PM
To: Records, DEP [DEP] <[email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] OPRA request - OPRA - Zabriskie-Scheder and NJDEP

Dear New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection,

Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-5(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.

I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.

I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.

I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.

Records requested:
Please provide all email correspondence, including attachments, sent or received between August 27, 2025 and the present between the Village of Ridgewood and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, including its Historic Preservation Office/State Historic Preservation Office, concerning the Zabriskie-Schedler House and property, 460 West Saddle River Road, Ridgewood, NJ (“Schedler”).

Please search the Village email accounts of:

Keith Kazmark — [email address] Carol Bialkowski — [email address] Heather Mailander — [email address] Forest 'Cenzo' Lyons — [email address]

Responsive records include correspondence with or copying the following NJDEP/Historic Preservation Office personnel:

Jennifer Leynes — [email address] Kate Marcopul — [email address] Elizabeth Dragon — [email address] Meghan Baratta — [email address] Vincent Maresca — [email address]

Please also search for Schedler-related correspondence between NJDEP and sent to or received from Kelly Ruffel at the following:

[email address]
[email address]
[email address]

Search terms may include: Schedler, Zabriskie, Zabriskie-Schedler.

Please include all attachments to responsive emails.

Date range: August 27, 2025 through the date this request is processed.

My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Vera Dicere

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Mr. Vera Dicere:

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) received your Open
Public Records Act (OPRA) request on August 13, 2026, to which the above
tracking number was assigned.  As such, the seven (7) business day deadline (due
date) to respond to your request is today, August 24,2026.  

Your request requires additional time beyond the due date because of the time
required to search for and/or perform a privilege review of the responsive
records.  Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.i (1), the NJDEP is extending the due
date of your request to September 2, 2026.

Please be advised that this extension does not waive any of your rights under
N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq.

Please acknowledge receipt of this extension notification.

Thank you,

Records Custodian Mailbox

NJDEP – Office of Record Access

(609) 341-3121

[email address]