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Company: Solvay Polymers
Current Parent Company: Solvay
Penalty: $700,000
Year: 2024
Date: December 17, 2024
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: PFAS violation
Violation Description: Solvay and Arkema together agreed to pay $1.4 million to settle litigation involving three classes of residents who claimed that PFAS forever chemicals produced by a facility operated by the companies in West Deptford, New Jersey contaminated their water supply. Court documents did not indicate how much each company would pay. Here we assume they each paid half of the total.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: District of New Jersey
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 1:20-cv-06906
Case Name: Severa et al v. Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC et al
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: Belgium
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
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