CCIDENTAL CHEMICAL TO PAY $190 MILLION TO RESOLVE LIABILITY

COURT APPROVES FINAL SETTLEMENT IN PASSAIC RIVER LITIGATION; O
State Has Recovered $355 Million from All Passaic River Settlements


(December 17, 2014) TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bob Martin announced today that a Superior Court judge has approved a $190 million settlement with Occidental Chemical Corp. that resolves the company\’s liability for contamination of the Passaic River.