CAMDEN, N.J., March 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The parties
in Severa, et al. v. Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC, et al., announce that Judge
Noel Hillman of the United States District Court for the
District of New Jersey has
preliminarily approved a class action settlement. The hearing on
final approval of the settlement is scheduled for June 26, 2024, at 1:30
p.m. at the United States
District Court for the District of New
Jersey, Mitchell H. Cohen Building & U.S. Courthouse
4th & Cooper Streets, Camden, NJ 08101.
The lawsuit was brought on behalf of residents of the Borough of
National Park, NJ and
alleges that Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC, successor by merger to Solvay
Solexis, Inc. (Solvay), and Arkema Inc. (Arkema) each separately
owned and operated a manufacturing plant at 10 Leonard Lane,
West Deptford, New Jersey and
caused the discharge of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances
("PFAS"), which allegedly entered the municipal water
supply of the Borough of National
Park. Solvay and Arkema deny these allegations, but have
agreed to resolve the class action to avoid the burden and expense
of continued litigation. The Court has not ruled on the merits of
the claims.
The settlement sets aside money for all persons, including
minors, who resided in the Borough of National Park from January 1, 2019 to February 28, 2024 to have their blood analyzed
for the presence of PFAS. The settlement also provides monetary
payouts to all persons who have owned or rented residential
property within the Borough of National
Park during the period of January 1,
2019 to February 28, 2024.
Additional information, including the deadline for submitting
any objections to the settlement, is available at
www.NationalParkPFASSettlement.com.
The proposed settlement will be reviewed for final approval by a
District Court Judge of the United
States District Court for the District of New Jersey, where the consolidated class
action lawsuit is pending. Further information concerning the
details of the settlement is available from the Court's docket,
Case No.1:20-cv-06906-NLH-AMD.
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SOURCE National Park Water Settlement Administrator