he Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Arxada, LLC have entered into a proposed consent decree in U.S. District Court to recoup costs associated with DEP’s 2019-2020 remediation of the former Pool Doctor-Beaver Alkali Products site in Rochester, Beaver County. Arxada has agreed to pay $1.3 million to resolve DEP’s claims that its predecessor, Lonza, Inc., arranged for the disposal at the site of approximately 140 tons of hydantoin, a hazardous substance, under the guise of a sale.

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