Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp. and Novartis Corp. have agreed to perform soil cleanup under an agreement with EPA and the U.S. Justice Department. The Ciba-Giegy Superfund site in the Toms River, N.J., will undergo a cleanup project estimated at more than $90 million under a consent decree lodged in the U.S. District Court in Newark, N.J. The two corporations will also reimburse the EPA $250,000 for its past costs associated with the soil cleanup project.
The company already has spent an estimated $60 million on activities related to ground water cleanup at the site, and has already reimbursed EPA almost $12 million, EPA offcials said.