Exhibit 23

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



Board of Directors
Arch Chemicals, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements
(Nos. 333-71719 and 333-71721) filed on Form S-8 of Arch Chemicals, Inc. of our
report dated January 26, 2000, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of
Arch Chemicals, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 1998 and the
related consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity (equity prior to
the distribution) and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period
ended December 31, 1999, which report appears in the December 31, 1999 annual
report on Form 10-K of Arch Chemicals, Inc.



KPMG LLP


Stamford, Connecticut
March 8, 2000