Long Branch Redevelopment Documents (New Jersey Department of Transportation)

The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) is in receipt of the attached request for records under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA).

This request is being forwarded to the appropriate Unit(s) to determine if records responsive to your request exist, and for further review of your request in light of the law governing OPRA requests and the Department of Transportation's document retention policies.

If this request involves an extraordinary expenditure of time and effort, we will need to assess a special service fee and you will be advised of such. This will apply regardless of the method you wish to receive the records in addition to the copying cost. Note that for any existing records located off-site or in a storage facility, or requires extensive review, we may request an extension of time if necessary.

Please address all your communications pertaining to this request directly to this email address. Thank you in advance for your patience, and we will be in contact with you.

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OPRA Unit
NJDOT Custodian of Records
Office of Inspector General
Phone (609) 530-8045

We apologize for the delay in processing your request, but would like to assure you that your request is still in progress. We are still in the process of searching through records and identifying and reviewing records specifically responsive to your request.

Therefore, the Department of Transportation requires an extension until April 10, 2018.

We will do our best to provide a response to you as quickly as possible. We thank you for your patience and assistance.

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OPRA Unit
NJDOT Custodian of Records
Office of Inspector General
Phone (609) 530-8045

We apologize for the delay in processing your request, but would like to assure you that your request is still in progress. We are still in the process of searching through records and identifying and reviewing records specifically responsive to your request.

Therefore, the Department of Transportation requires an additional extension until April 17, 2018.

We will do our best to provide a response to you as quickly as possible. We thank you for your patience and assistance.

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OPRA Unit
NJDOT Custodian of Records
Office of Inspector General
Phone (609) 530-8045

We apologize for the delay in processing your request, but would like to assure you that your request is still in progress. We are still in the process of searching through records and identifying and reviewing records specifically responsive to your request.

Therefore, the Department of Transportation requires an additional extension until April 27, 2018.

We will do our best to provide a response to you as quickly as possible. We thank you for your patience and assistance.

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OPRA Unit
NJDOT Custodian of Records
Office of Inspector General
Phone (609) 530-8045

We apologize for the delay in processing your request, but would like to assure you that your request is still in progress. We are still in the process of searching through records and identifying and reviewing records specifically responsive to your request.

Therefore, the Department of Transportation requires an additional extension until May 4, 2018.

We will do our best to provide a response to you as quickly as possible. We thank you for your patience and assistance.

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OPRA Unit
NJDOT Custodian of Records
Office of Inspector General
Phone (609) 530-8045

We apologize for the delay in processing your request, but would like to assure you that your request is still in progress. We are still in the process of searching through records and identifying and reviewing records specifically responsive to your request.

Therefore, the Department of Transportation requires an additional extension until May 11, 2018.

We will do our best to provide a response to you as quickly as possible. We thank you for your patience and assistance.

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OPRA Unit
NJDOT Custodian of Records
Office of Inspector General
Phone (609) 530-8045

We apologize for the delay in processing your request, but would like to assure you that your request is still in progress. We are still in the process of searching through records and identifying and reviewing records specifically responsive to your request.

Therefore, the Department of Transportation requires an additional extension until June 1, 2018.

We will do our best to provide a response to you as quickly as possible. We thank you for your patience and assistance.

We apologize for the delay in processing your request, but would like to assure you that your request is still in progress. We are still in the process of searching through records and identifying and reviewing records specifically responsive to your request.

Therefore, the Department of Transportation requires an additional extension until June 8, 2018 .

We will do our best to provide a response to you as quickly as possible. We thank you for your patience and assistance.

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OPRA Unit
NJDOT Custodian of Records
Office of Inspector General
Phone (609) 530-8045

We apologize for the delay in processing your request, but would like to assure you that your request is still in progress. We are still in the process of searching through records and identifying and reviewing records specifically responsive to your request.

Therefore, the Department of Transportation requires an additional extension until June 15, 2018.

We will do our best to provide a response to you as quickly as possible. We thank you for your patience and assistance.

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OPRA Unit
NJDOT Custodian of Records
Office of Inspector General
Phone (609) 530-8045

We apologize for the delay in processing your request, but would like to assure you that your request is still in progress. We are still in the process of searching through records and identifying and reviewing records specifically responsive to your request.

Therefore, the Department of Transportation requires an additional extension until June 22, 2018.

We will do our best to provide a response to you as quickly as possible. We thank you for your patience and assistance.

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OPRA Unit
NJDOT Custodian of Records
Office of Inspector General
Phone (609) 530-8045

We apologize for the delay in processing your request, but would like to assure you that your request is still in progress. We are still in the process of searching through records and identifying and reviewing records specifically responsive to your request.

Therefore, the Department of Transportation requires an additional extension until July 13,. 2018.

We will do our best to provide a response to you as quickly as possible. We thank you for your patience and assistance.

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OPRA Unit
NJDOT Custodian of Records
Office of Inspector General
Phone (609) 530-8045

We apologize for the delay in processing your request, but would like to assure you that your request is still in progress. We are still in the process of searching through records and identifying and reviewing records specifically responsive to your request.

Therefore, the Department of Transportation requires an additional extension until July 20, 2018.

We will do our best to provide a response to you as quickly as possible. We thank you for your patience and assistance.

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OPRA Unit
NJDOT Custodian of Records
Office of Inspector General
Phone (609) 530-8045

The NJDOT is in receipt of your OPRA Request # C130467. Upon further review, your request is overbroad. Government agencies are required to disclose only identifiable government records that are specifically described in the request. Gannett N.J. Partners v. Middlesex, 379 N.J. Super. 205, 212 (App. Div. 2005). Neither OPRA nor the common law countenances open-ended searches of agency files, MAG Entertainment, LLC v. Div. of Alcoholic Bev Control, 375 N.J. Super. 534, 549 (App. Div. 2005), or permits a blanket request for every document an agency has on file on a topic, Bent v. Twp. of Stafford, 381 N.J. Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 2005). OPRA does not require that custodians conduct research when responding to OPRA requests. See Lagerkvist v. Office of Governor of State, 443 N.J. Super. 230, 237 (App. Div. 2015) (citing MAG Entm't, LLC, 375 N.J. Super. at 546-49). "A requestor is obliged to identify the documents sought with some particularity, thus enabling government to maintain transparency while completing necessary day-to-day functions." Ibid. "A records request must be well defined so that the custodian knows precisely what records are sought. The request should not require the records custodian to undertake a subjective analysis to understand the nature of the request. Seeking particular information from the custodian is permissible; expecting the custodian to do research is not." Paff v. Galloway Twp., 229 N.J. 340, 355 (2017).

Therefore, in order to proceed with this request, we require further information. Please provide the descriptions of the specific records you are seeking such as correspondence, inspection reports, etc. For all records please include a time frame. If you are seeking correspondence, please provide the sender/recipient, subject matter/key words to be searched, and date range.

Please be advised that this request cannot be processed until clarification is received. Please provide a response by July 26, 2018 or this request will be closed as overbroad.

Please contact us if you have any questions about the above.

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OPRA Unit
NJDOT Custodian of Records
Office of Inspector General
Phone (609) 530-8045

Please note that this office reached out to you on July 20, 2018 to attempt to narrow down your request and we did not receive a response.

Therefore, this request is being denied on the basis that it is improper and over broad under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) as per the attached official Closure Receipt. We require information to be more specific in order to identify the records you are seeking.

This decision is not considered to be a denial of access to documents. You may submit a new request for documents narrowing the scope, if necessary.

Thank you for the opportunity to be of assistance.

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OPRA Unit
NJDOT Custodian of Records
Office of Inspector General
Phone (609) 530-8045

Please see attached corrected Closure Receipt.

Thank you.

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OPRA Unit
NJDOT Custodian of Records
Office of Inspector General
Phone (609) 530-8045