March 27, 2023
Occidental Chemical Corp. on Friday sued nearly 40 other industrial businesses to recoup costs related to cleaning up a portion of the Lower Passaic River in New Jersey, one of the most polluted sites in the nation.
March 02, 2023
A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday paused Occidental Chemical Corp.'s suit against more than 100 parties seeking cleanup contributions for a Superfund site on the Lower Passaic River, pending the possible approval of a $150 million consent decree the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reached with many of the parties in a separate case.
August 03, 2021
Bath Iron Works Corp. must shoulder part of the cost of cleaning up pollution in New Jersey's Passaic River because it's the legal successor to a flooring company that operated a plant next to the river for more than 100 years, Occidental Chemical Corp. has told a federal court.
September 11, 2020
Occidental Chemical Corp. can't escape at least partial liability for costs related to cleaning up a heavily polluted New Jersey river that could run more than $1.3 billion, but the question of how much responsibility other parties bear will be answered later, a federal judge said Friday.
July 10, 2020
A New Jersey federal judge on Friday said a manufacturer cannot wiggle out of an Occidental Chemical Corp. suit over cleanup costs related to a stretch of the heavily polluted Passaic River because it took on the liabilities of a predecessor company that allegedly contributed to the contamination.
June 18, 2020
Occidental Chemical Corp. has told a New Jersey federal court it shouldn't be sanctioned in a discovery fight with Houghton International Inc. over pollution in the state's Passaic River, saying Houghton's own statements to the government show its potential liability.
May 08, 2020
Occidental Chemical Corp. should be sanctioned for being unable to support its claims that chemical company Houghton International Inc. should contribute to the cost of cleaning up New Jersey's Passaic River, Houghton has argued.