US to Pay BASF $3.9 Million to Help With Hudson River Cleanup

The United States will have to pay BASF Corp. $3.9 million to help clean up contaminated Hudson River sediments, according to a federal judge who approved the parties’ Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act settlement.

BASF, which owns a property known as the “General Aniline Site” near the Hudson River, said that it incurred approximately $35 million in response costs from a sewer line that ran through its property and another,contributed to the arsenic, lead, and other hazardous substances found in the sediments.

BASF bought the site from General Aniline and Film Corp., popularly known as GAF in 1978. ...