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From: PP <[OPRA #91173 email]>
Sent: Saturday, May 9, 2026 9:28 AM
To: Records, DEP [DEP] <[email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] OPRA request - Passaic County Email Records Re March 21, 2025 Preservation NJ Zoom Regarding Ridgewood Project

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:
Any emails, calendar invitations, meeting notices, Zoom invitations, attachments, or related correspondence sent or received on or around Friday, March 21, 2025, involving:

Kelly Ruffel (only Passaic email for this OPRA request ) [email address]

and

Jennifer Leynes
[email address]

regarding the Schedler House, Zabriskie-Schedler property, or Ridgewood, NJ.

This request specifically includes any record containing the following language or substantially similar language:

“Preservation New Jersey is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.”

Please also include records where the meeting topic, title, or Zoom room references:

“Preservation New Jersey’s Personal Meeting Room”

Please include responsive records sent from, received by, copied to, forwarded by, or attached to correspondence involving the above accounts, including attachments and calendar metadata.

Please provide responsive records electronically. If any portion of the request is denied or redacted, please cite the specific legal basis for each denial or redaction.

Please provide responsive records electronically by email. If any portion of the request is denied or redacted, please cite the specific legal basis for each denial or redaction. 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,
Honest Abe

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The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), has completed processing of your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) record request. The NJDEP response to your request has been attached to this email message.

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Honest Abe:

Attached are the responsive records for the above referenced OPRA request.

Records Custodian Mailbox

NJDEP – Office of Record Access

(609) 341-3121

[email address]