Take Notice that an application for Freshwater Wetland General Permit Nos. 1 and 4 and an Individual Flood Hazard Area Permit will be submitted to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Division of Land Resource Protection (DLRP) for the project described below. APPLICANT: Rockland Electric Company (RECO) 390 West Route 59 Spring Valley, New York 10977 PROJECT NAME: RECO Transmission Line 41/42 and 62 Pole/Tower Removal Project PROJECT STREET ADDRESS: RECO Rights-of-Way 41/42 and 62 Boroughs of Closter, Harrington Park, Norwood, and Old Tappan, New Jersey COUNTY: Bergen PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Proposed project activities include the removal of retired overhead transmission line infrastructure consisting of a steel monopole, wood poles and metal towers. Remedial activities (sampling and soil excavation) will also be conducted within the footprints of several of the steel towers. The project will require temporary disturbance within freshwater wetlands, wetland transition areas, riparian zones, and the flood hazard area of onsite waterways. The complete permit application package can be reviewed at either the municipal clerk's office in the municipality in which the site subject to the application is located, or by appointment at the Department's Trenton Office. The Department of Environmental Protection welcomes comments and any information that you may provide concerning the proposed development and site. Please submit your written comments within 15 calendar days of receiving this letter to: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Division of Land Resource Protection P.O. Box 420, Mail Code 501-02A Trenton, New Jersey 08625 Attn: Boroughs of Closter, Harrington Park, Norwood, and Old Tappan Supervisors March 4 2026 LNYS0471160 $34.32