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BLOOMINGTON, Indiana -- CBS Corporation has agreed to pay $31.35 million to resolve all outstanding liability related to the cleanup of six Superfund sites in and near Bloomington, Indiana, the U.S. Justice Department, Environmental Protection Agency and the state of Indiana announced Tuesday.

CBS Corporation, previously known as Viacom Inc., and formerly known before that as Westinghouse Electric Corporation, owned and operated an electrical capacitor production plant in Bloomington.

 The insulating fluid used in the manufacturing of the electrical capacitors contained polychlorinated biphenyls, commonly known as PCBs, hazardous substances that do not break down readily by natural processes.

 "We are pleased to have achieved what the citizens of Bloomington have long deserved and asked for - a comprehensive cleanup that will ensure that they, and their children, can live and work in a clean and safe environment," said Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter.

 This is the last in a series of partial settlements that have been negotiated with CBS over the past 10 years after the parties abandoned their original settlement, which required CBS to excavate and incinerate materials contaminated with PCBs.

 "Today's settlement is the last chapter in our long-standing effort to secure a solution fully addressing the problems of PCB contamination at the Bloomington Superfund sites," said Ronald Tenpas, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division.

 "The settlement, which resolves litigation filed in 1985, underscores the Justice Department's commitment to ensure that these hazardous waste sites are cleaned up, that the cleanup costs are borne by the responsible parties, and that injured or damaged natural resources are restored or replaced," Tenpas said.

 Under the global settlement, CBS has agreed to perform additional cleanup actions, worth an estimated $22.8 million, to remove PCBs from groundwater and streams at the last three sites.

 CBS also will pay $6.67 million dollars to reimburse the Environmental Protection Agency for response costs incurred in investigating and cleaning up the sites.

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