PITTSBURGH (AP) – A chemical company will pay $4.5 million to help clean contaminated wells at a dump site where groundwater was polluted by waste in the 1950s and 1960s.
State environmental officials said Wednesday that Middlebury, Conn.-based Crompton Corp. has agreed to pay for its share of cleanup efforts at the Bear Creek Area Chemical Site in western Pennsylvania and help fund a new water supply system.
The polluted groundwater stemmed from chemicals dumped in the area by companies that were sold to Crompton and Pittsburg-based Beazer East Inc.
The state Department of Environmental Protection has been supplying water to about 800 businesses and homes since March 2002, when officials learned that water at a Petrolia municipal well was contaminated.
Crompton said it was pleased with the agreement after cooperating with the agency for more than a year.
Beazer East, which sold some of the properties but is responsible for cleanup, agreed in May to pay $18.1 million toward the cleanup effort.
Petrolia is located about 45 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
AP-ES-10-08-03 1907EDT
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