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20052005200520052005AnnualAnnualAnnualAnnualAnnualReportReportReportReportReport

OPENPUBLIC

RECORDSACT

New JerseyDept. of Environmental Protection

State ofNew Jersey

Hazardous Waste Cleanup 9

Richard J. CodyActing Governor of New Jersey

Open Public Records Act, 2005 Annual Report New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

2002I’m pleased to present the New Jersey Department ofEnvironmental Protection’s (NJDEP) Open Public RecordsAct, July 2005 Annual Report. This report details the numberof Open Public Records Act requests received within theDepartment along with the monies spent processing theserequests. As the report shows, the NJDEP receives the bulk ofall Open Public Records Act requests within the State.

It is important to note that out of 29,580, Open Public RecordsAct requests received during the first three years since theOPRA legislation was implemented, there have only been 6appeals and three have already been through the appealsprocess. The decisions were that the Department correctlydenied access to those documents. The Department has lostno cases on appeal.

One of my first goals since becoming Commissioner was toensure that the citizens of New Jersey had quick and easyaccess to Department documents. People have a right to knowabout the air they breath and the water they drink. In carryingout the mission of providing easy access to documents, wemust also be mindful of the legislature’s intent that we do notabridge the fundamental right to privacy and public safety.

We continue to strive to make it as easy as possible for peopleto obtain information. For example, the NJDEP has a newlyimproved Web site that provides easy access to keyenvironmental reports and other public documents seven daysa week at no charge. The improved Web site further enhancesthe demonstrated efficiency, effectiveness and responsivenessof DEP’s OPRA process. Easier, faster real-time access topublic documents online through DEP Data Miner likely willreduce the number of OPRA requests submitted to the NJDEP.DEP Data Miner may be accessed at: http://www.nj.gov/dep/opra/online.html

I have directed staff to continue to be responsive, accountableand open in providing access to documents. The public’s rightsto know and have access to information are an essential partof open goverment. Therefore, we are committed to ensuringthat people have easy and swift access to documents.

If you have any questions regarding this report, please contactthe Office of the Records Custodian at 609-341-3121.

Bradely M. CampbellCommissioner

AMessage

from

BradleyM. Campbell

Commissioner

“...we are committed toensuring that people haveeasy and swift access todocuments...”

The Open Public Records Act (OPRA) took effect on July 7, 2002. The Open Public Records Actestablishes strict timeframes for providing access to state and local documents. The definition of agovernment record is any paper, written or printed book, document, drawing, map, plan, photograph,microfilm, data processed or image processed document, information stored or maintainedelectronically or by sound-recording or in a similar device, or any copy thereof, that has beenmade, maintained or kept on file in the course of official business or has been received in thecourse of official business. Access must be provided within 7 business days and immediate accessfor bills, vouchers and contracts. If a record is in storage or archived, the Department must identifya time by which it will be made available.

In an effort to process requests within the strict timeframes, the Department of EnvironmentalProtection created the Office of the Record Custodian (ORC), which receives all record requests,determines whether a request is complete, inputs paper forms into a central database, assignsrequests to the appropriate Assistant Commissioner Record Custodians (ACRC), makes policy/legal determinations, (i.e. exceptions, confidentiality, etc.) and notifies requesters of the outcomeof requests, copying costs and access arrangements.

The Department has assigned approximately 20 people to be ACRCs. These people monitor thetracking system each day and ensure that file officers in the program areas respond to requestsfrom the Office of the Record Custodian.

The Department assigned approximately 150 people to be file officers. They are responsible formonitoring the computer system to identify new requests, review files and determine if requestedrecords exist, determine whether any requested records are confidential or need to be redacted,notify the ORC of availability of requested records and any reasons for denial or redaction, updatethe database to reflect responses to requests and raise any policy questions to the Office of theRecords Custodian. The Department then notifies the requestor, both in writing and by phone.

The Department has established an Open Public Records Act Web page at: www.nj.gov/dep/oprato explain the law and assist citizens in making records requests. The Web site also contains linksthat provide immediate access to key documents. OPRA requests may be mailed, hand carried orsubmitted online. Most people elect to have their requests submitted to the Department online.

The following report provides information about Open Public Records since the OPRA law tookeffect.

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I. Introduction

I. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 5

II. Outreach ......................................................................................................................... 7

III. Commendations ............................................................................................................ 8

IV. Statistics for All State Agencies .................................................................................. 12

OPRA Requests Received to Date ................................................................................... 13

V. Statistics for the NJDEP ............................................................................................... 14

Requests Received Monthly ............................................................................................ 15

Assignment of Requests .................................................................................................. 16

Requests Granted and Denied ......................................................................................... 17

Method of Access ............................................................................................................ 18

In-Person Reviews ........................................................................................................... 19

Document Copying .......................................................................................................... 20

Expenditures .................................................................................................................... 21

VI Appeals ........................................................................................................................ 23

VII. Internet Access ........................................................................................................... 26

Office of Management & BudgetIrene Kropp, Assistant Commissioner

Office of the Records CustodianRichard Yarsinsky, Chief

Report prepared by:Wayne F. Grennier, Supervisor of Operations

Office of the Records Custodian

Content

II. DEP Outreach2002 2005

Since the implementation of OPRA, the Office of theRecords Custodian (ORC) has provided presentationson the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) . Below is alisting of the presentations given by the ORC:

• County Environmental Health Act Officials, 9/16/02

• Water Environment Association, 10/29/02

• Office of Information Resource Management / OPRA Overviews, 1/22/03

• Environmental Air Compliance Audit Seminar, Rutgers University, 3/25/03

• Association of Government Accountants Public / AdministrationConference, 5/9/03

• Rutgers University, 6/10/03

••••• Chemical Council Fall Regulatory Conference, 12/3/03

••••• Rutgers University, 6/9/04

••••• NJWEA Seminar, 10/26/04

••••• Chinese Delegation, 12/9/04

••••• New Jersey Chapter of the Air Waste Management Association, 3/16/05

••••• New Jersey Environment Work Council, 6/22/05

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III. Commendations2002 2005

During the last three years, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection hasreceived praise for the Department’s OPRA Program.

“…I want to commend you and your entire staff for their courtesy, willingness to offerassistance, and the remarkably expeditious manner in which they are able to put the requestedfiles together. In 25 years working in New Jersey, I have never seen a new program come on lineso quickly and effectively.”

–September 25, 2002Harry H. Elias, P.E. CHMMDirector of EngineeringCode Enviro-Sciences, L.L.C.

“…For those who do not work in either a government agency or some other largebureaucracies, the idea of being able to take advantage of the new Open Public Records law isexciting but very intimidating. Most of us don’t have a clue of even where to begin….Once Iarrived there, she did everything she could to see that I got what I needed. If only allgovernment employees were so helpful!”

–February 16, 2003Mary Shaughnessy

“…You guys are doing a terrific job….”

–September 10, 2003Marc Pfeiffer, Acting Executive DirectorNew Jersey Government Records Council

“…I would like to take aminute of your time tocompliment…(the)OpenRecords Office for updatingand streamlining thedocument review process.Those of us who rely onNJDEP for specific siteinformation appreciate whatyou‘ve done to speed theprocess up...”

-August 20, 2003-Ken BolenderNationwide Insurance

“I am writing to express myappreciation for theDepartment’s help….”

-January 8, 2004John A. Rhodes, V. P.Haley & Aldrich

“…It is noteworthy that of the17,513 OPRA requests filed inthe DEP, only two appeals ofORC decisions made itthrough the appropriategovernment or judicialvenues. In both casesdecisions were rendered infavor of the Department….”

-August 31, 2004Kristina Bas, StaffRepresentativeLocal 1034, AFL-CIO, CLC

“…First, please note that Ihave been dealing with theDEP for about 16 years. Ihave not made a request fordocuments in about 10 years.The experiences between 10years ago and today aredifferent as night andday…The request process viaInternet is easy to use andeffective. Many documents areactually available on line.However, what impressed memost was the turnaroundtime.”

-December 22, 2004Ronald S. Bergamini, Esq.

“…It was a pleasure meetingyou on my recent visit to youroffices…Please relay mygratitude to your colleaguewho also tried to help on myrecent visit. Both of you werevery kind and attentive.”

-March 30, 2005Hector L. Navarro,ParalegalGreenberg Traurig

Commendations2002 2005

“I am writing toexpress myappreciation for theDepartment’s help….”

“...The experiencesbetween 10 years agoand today are differentas night and day….”

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Commendations2002 2005

“...‘good job and keepup the good work’ toall...”

“...The Departmentof EnvironmentalProtection respondedquickly,professionally,courteously ...”

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“I am writing to inform youof the commendable effortdemonstrated by severalreceived documents within atime frame that enabled me tomeet a critical deadline….”

-January 6, 2005Jennifer AllaireKirkpatrick & Lockhart &Nicholson Graham, LLP

“…I am sending this messageto your Department to thankyou and your staff forproviding me with courteousand helpful services”..Pleaseforward a ‘good job and keepup the good work’ to all.

-March 31, 2005Len FritzKluk Consultants

“…In an attempt to identifyareas for cost savings,between February 18 and 25Assembly Republicans sentOpen Public Records Act(OPRA) requests to everystate department…TheDepartment of EnvironmentalProtection responded quickly,professionally, courteouslyallowing staff to see therequested documentsimmediately….”

-March 30, 2005Press ReleaseAssembly Republican NewsAssembly Republican Office

NJDEP Process

Office of the Record CustodianAssigns requests to the appropriate program area Records Custodian(s)

Develops policy and gives advise on what is and is not confidentialReviews findings from file officers and program Record Custodian(s)

Contacts requesters, approves or denies requests and seeks legal advice when necessary

Program Area Records CustodianAssigns requests to appropriate file officers

Reports the findings to the Office of the Records Custodian and ensures deadlines are met

File OfficersRetrieves files

Redacts confidential informationReports findings to their program area Record Custodian

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IV. Statistics for all State Agencies

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Grand-Total 45,298

2002 2005

NJDEP ReceivedOver 65% of the45,000 requests

submitted

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V. Statistics for NJDEP

Requests Received Monthly

7/02 to 7/05

The above chart illustrates the number of requests submitted by month dur-ing the first three years of operation. The average number of requests sub-mitted in our third year was 1,006 per month. (See page 22, for data table)

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Assignment of Requests7/04 to 7/057/04 to 7/05

Each request received is assigned to the appropriate ACRC(s) . This chartillustrates the primary program where each of the 12,067 requests wasassigned. A single request may be assigned up to ten times (i.e. to each ofthe Assistant Commissioner Programs). As a result, NJDEP’s programsactually handled 30,249 requests. The table on page 22 is based on 30,249“requests” figure; it shows the percentage handled by each of the pro-grams based on that figure.

Requests Received

Site Remediation Compliance & Enforcement

Land Use Environmental Regulation

Natural and Historic Resources Management & Budget

Policy and Planning Commissioner's Office

Counselor/Legal Policy Advisor Communications

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Requests Granted and Denied

7/04 to 7/05

The following chart and table illustrate the number of re-quests granted and denied out of the 12,067 requests re-ceived by the Department in our third year. A request ismarked “denied” for any of the following reasons: Therequest was improperly submitted, incomplete or subjectto an exemption pursuant to the Open Public Records Act(ie; Deliberative, Attorney Client Priviledge, DomesticSecurity). A request is considered “granted” when the filesearch is completed and the requestor has been notified.The chart below shows that more then 99% of all requestswere granted.

Disposition Number of Requests PercentageGranted 11,984 99.31%Denied (Approximately) 83 0.69%

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Method of Access

Methods of Access Initially Requested

On-site access, visit, copy

50%Send Paper Copies30%

Send Electronic Copies16%

Other4%

Requestors are given several choices re-garding how they wish to receive accessto government records: in-person review(reviews the document at a NJDEP of-fice); purchase paper copies; electroniccopies; or other access method. The fol-lowing chart and table illustrate what therequestors chose between 7/7/04 & 7/6/05. As the chart shows, half elected tocome in to review documents at theNJDEP’s office.

50% elect toreview

documents atNJDEP Offices...

Access Method Number of Requests PercentageOn-site access, visit, copy 6,044 50.09%Send Paper Copies 3,647 30.22%Send Electronic Copies 1,933 16.02%Other 443 3.67%

Totals 12,067 100.00%

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In-person reviews are an efficient way to providerequestors access for requests that generate a largenumber of records. Requestors schedule appoint-ments and come to our offices to conduct their ownfile review. The table and chart below show the num-ber of file reviews scheduled at all of NJDEP’s mainoffices between 7/7/04 & 7/6/05. In all, the Depart-ment scheduled 5,102 appointments in our thirdyear, reflecting a 67 percent increase from the previousyear. A total of 9,857 appointments were scheduledfor the three-year period ending 7/6/05.

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Location # of In-Person ReviewsTrenton 4720Robbinsville 241Cedar Knolls 135Camden 4Ewing 1Toms River 1

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Document Copying

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Most copy jobs are sent to the Treasury Print Shoplocated within the DEP. Treasury has a staff ofthree full time employees making copies.

The Treasury Print Shop collected $334,959 incopying fees for the year ending July 6, 2005. Occa-sionally ORC and the program areas will completecopy jobs internally. The Department has collected$19,049 during the year for these copying charges.

The copy rate is $0.75 for one through ten pages,$0.50 for eleven through twenty pages and $0.25for every page thereafter. Approximately 2,099copy jobs have been processed between 7/07/04& 7/06/05.

First Year Second Year Third YearAgency Revenue Revenue Revenue Total Revenue

Jul-03 Jul-04 Jul-05Treasury $185,082 $296,825 $334,960 $816,867NJDEP $22,084 $18,382 $19,049 $59,515

Total $207,166 $315,207 $354,009 $876,382

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requestors for copies

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Shop making copies forOPRA requestors

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The following chart and table illustrates the Department’s expenditures for administering the OPRAPublic Records Act program between 7/7/04 & 7/6/05. Expenditures are shown by program area.The Department spent a total of $1,537,662 not including indirect costs such as equipment, sup-plies, etc. The Department has not received any additional funding from the legislature for theprocessing of OPRA requests.

The Department of Environmental Protection has spent $5,441,105 processing OPRArequests over 3 years...and has received no additional funding from the Legislature forthe processing of OPRA requests.

Assistant Commissioner Program Staff Hours Dollars SpentCOMMISSIONER'S OFFICE 75.00 $3,045.91COMMUNICATIONS & LEGISLATION 88.50 $2,341.71COMPLIANCE & ENFORCEMENT 9,652.20 $274,711.00COUNSELOR & LEGAL POLICY 13,918.75 $328,051.13ENV REGULATION 11,730.25 $341,329.49LAND USE MANAGEMENT 3,338.90 $85,838.90MGMT & BUDGET 2,718.00 $59,275.95NAT & HIST RESOURCES 291.50 $9,775.21POLICY, PLANNING & SCIENCE 161.50 $7,166.87SITE REMEDIATION 17,423.00 $426,126.16

Grand Total: 59,397.60 $1,537,662.33

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First Three Years Expenditures Dollars Spent2002-2003 $1,404,2032003-2004 $1,369,2872004-2005 $1,537,662

Total $4,311,152Departments Indirect Costs @ 26.21% $1,129,953

Estimated Grand Total $5,441,105

7/04 to 7/057/04 to 7/05

Data Tables for Charts

Monthly Requests Data

Assignment of Requests

OPRARequestsSubmitted

Have IncreaseOver 20%each year.

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3July 447 680 892August 753 612 1118September 552 739 894October 755 958 822November 583 668 1015December 481 820 896January 711 780 964February 682 1023 1156March 631 1024 1131April 661 899 1029May 686 737 1074June 722 909 1076

Total 7664 9849 12067

ACRC Program Name Number of Requests Assigned PercentageSite Remediation 10,447 34.54%Compliance & Enforcement 6,723 22.23%Land Use 6,359 21.02%Environmental Regulation 6,041 19.97%Natural and Historic Resources 372 1.23%Management & Budget 101 0.33%Policy and Planning 82 0.27%Commissioner's Office 65 0.21%Counselor/Legal Policy Advisor 44 0.15%Communications 15 0.05%

Total 30,249 N/A

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VI. Appeals

Appeals2002 2005

OPRA Requeststo Date29,580

Appeals Lost0

An appeal of a decision maderegarding an OPRA requestmay be made to the Govern-ment Records Council or di-rectly to Superior Court. Todate, of the 29,580 OPRA re-quests submitted to the NewJersey Department of Environ-mental Protection, there havebeen only three cases that wentthrough the appeals process andthe decisions were that the De-partment correctly denied ac-cess to the documents. Therehave been no decisions againstthe Department. There werefive cases appealed but laterwithdrawn. Presently, there arethree appeals pending. The fol-lowing are brief summaries ofthose requests where a decisionwas made. Appeals That Went to Decision

OPRA Request #8619/James Lockwood.Requestor submitted an OPRArequest seeking the name andaddress of the woman involvedin a bear incident on WingdamTrail in Wawayanda State Parkon Aug. 10, 2003, as well as theincident report and any otheradditional records that may ex-ist regarding the incident. TheDEP, while producing therecords, redacted the portionsthat revealed the woman’s iden-tity and an appeal was filed withthe Government Records Coun-cil (GRC). The GRC ruled onApril 8, 2004 that the Depart-ment acted properly because, asthe person who reported the in-cident to the DEP, the woman

was entitled to confidentialityunder the “identity of a com-plaintant”

OPRA Request #9353/Jordan MarianoRequestor submitted an OPRArequest seeking a list of chlo-rine gas users which was de-nied for domestic security rea-sons and an appeal was filed.The GRC ruled in March 2004that the Department correctlydenied access to these recordsbecause “the information re-quested falls squarely withinthe ambit of Executive OrderNo. 21 and falls under the ex-ceptions set forth in N.J.S.A.47:1A-1.”

OPRA Request #4766/Susan SteinmanThe OPRA request was submit-ted on February 21, 2003 re-questing the following:Princeton Township Commu-nity Based Deer Managementapplication for 2001-2002, in-cluding all attachments (ie; con-sent forms provided by propertyowners to permit net and boltbait sites.) Princeton TownshipBased Deer Management Ap-plication for 2002-2003, withall attachments and consentforms. This request was deniedfor the reason that people thatsigned the consent forms havean expectation of privacy. Anappeal was filed in SuperiorCourt and the court upheld thedenial.

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Appeals - Continued2002 2005

Pending Appeals

PendingAppeals

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OPRA Request #22116/NJ Environment WorkCouncilThe OPRA request was submit-ted on December 2,2004 re-questing the following: The lat-est available drafts of the DEPMOA with chemical industrytrade association and specificchemical companies concern-ing site security, latest availabledraft prescriptive orders by DEPand the Domestic Security TaskForce concerning chemical sitesecurity for the chemical sectorand the latest copy of the chemi-cal industry “best practices”document. This request was de-nied for domestic security rea-sons. An appeal was filed withthe New Jersey GovernmentRecords Council.

OPRA Request # 4990/Kim HarisOn March 3, 2003, Kim N.Haris submitted an OPRA re-quest to DEP for the following:“Fish and Wildlife Councilmeeting minutes for the monthsof December, 1998, January,1999 and February, 1999.” OnApril 10,2003, the Office of theRecords Custodian mailed therequestor the documents whichwere requested in the OPRArequest. Kim N. Haris paid$20.00 (check number 3556)

for the copies. The requestorfiled an appeal in SuperiorCourt.

OPRA Request #17261/Allison LassiterAn OPRA request was submit-ted on June 29,2004 requestinga complete digital copy of theNJEMS database for the wholestate in database format and adata dictionary. This requestwas denied for a number of rea-sons (ie; proprietary, disruptionto agency operations, trade se-crets, computer security, ongo-ing enforcement). An appealwas made to the GovernmentRecords Council and the casewas referred to the Office of Ad-ministrative Law for a hearing.

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VII. Internet Access

Hits to OPRA Website

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7/03 - 7/04 7/04 - 7/05

Years

Hits

Period Website Hits7/03 - 7/04 113,3467/04 - 7/05 593,048

Total 706,394Percent Increase 523.22%

The NJDEP OPRA website which includes Online reports, Data Miner, OPRA submittal forms, OPRA rulesand other useful information may be accessed at:

www.nj.gov/dep/opra

The chart and table illustrate the number of hits to the NJDEP DataMiner between July 7, 2004 throughJuly 6, 2005; the number totals over 593,048 hits. This represents a substantial increase in website trafficfrom our first year of operation.

The NJDEP has made it very easy to submit a request online (through the NJDEP OPRA website, www.nj.gov/dep/opra).

Enhancing CommunicationWeb site: With more than 10,000 Web pages andnearly 6,000 PDF documents, the DEP’s Web siteis rapidly becoming its most powerful communi-cation medium. Every day, the site receives morethan 11,000 visitors who view over 40,000 Webpages. To ensure the site meets users’ needs, it iscontinually updated with new items, new datadownloads, reports, rules and event information.Every day, right away: Honoring the public’sright to know by offering better access to informa-tion about environmental protection, the DEP un-veiled its “Data Miner,” a newly improved Website that provides easy, round-the-clock access tokey environmental reports and other public docu-ments seven days a week.

2005

Enforcement alerts: To improve customer ser-vice and communications with its constituencies,the DEP began regularly issuing EnforcementAlerts to regulated communities to keep them in-formed about plans to target certain complianceproblems and ways in which the department willcontinue to provide compliance assistance.

“By putting technology to work, we aremaking it possible for more people to getmore infromation about environmental

protection in New Jersey’s communities.”

–DEP CommissionerBradley M. Cambell

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Open Public Records Act Requests may be made by contacting:

State of New JerseyDept. of Environmental Protection

Management & BudgetOffice of the Records Custodian

PO Box 442Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0442

(609)341-3121

or online at:

www.nj.gov/dep/opra

The Office of the Records Custodian may be contacted if there are any questions regardingsubmission of an Open Public Records Act Request.

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection