PPG to Pay $80 Million for Chromium Cleanup
JERSEY CITY, N.J. —
A chemical maker has agreed to clean up homes and businesses contaminated with chromium waste.
PPG Industries Inc. of Pittsburgh also consented to pay a $2.5-million fine and $900,000 for administrative costs.
“The state is satisfied with this agreement,” said John Hagerty, a spokesman for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. “Certainly it will go a long way toward revitalizing Jersey City.”
The state blamed the company and two other firms for the chromium contamination of homes and businesses in Jersey City.
Exposure to chromium can damage lungs, livers and kidneys.
