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                                                               EXHIBIT 24(a)


                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

         Each undersigned director and/or officer of Solutia Inc. (the
"Company"), a Delaware corporation, does hereby appoint Jeffry N. Quinn,
Karen L. Knopf and Mary B. Cody, each of them with full power to act without
the others, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, to sign on his or her
behalf (a) the Annual Report on Form 10-K and any Amendments thereto to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; (b) any amendments to Registration
Statements Nos. 333-75812, 333-89818, and 333-99705, all on Form S-3, which
have previously been filed with the Commission under the Securities Act of
1933 (the "Securities Act"), covering the registration of securities of the
Company and guarantees of certain of the Company's subsidiaries; (c) any
amendments to Registration Statements Nos. 333-34561, 333-34587, 333-34589,
333-34591, 333-34593, 333-34683, 333-35689, 333-47911, 333-51081, 333-74463,
333-74465, 333-32112, and 333-39972, all on Form S-8, which have previously
been filed with the Commission under the Securities Act, covering the
registration of securities of the Company; and (d) any Registration
Statement on Form S-8 and any amendments thereto to be filed with the
Commission under the Securities Act, covering the registration of additional
securities of the Company to be issued under the Solutia Inc. 2003
Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan; giving and granting unto those
attorneys full power and authority to do and perform such actions as fully
as he or she might have done or could do if personally present and executing
any of said documents.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each undersigned director and/or officer has
signed this Power of Attorney as of this 26th day of February, 2003.

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/s/ John C. Hunter III                                      /s/ Robert A. Clausen
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John C. Hunter III, Director, Chairman                      Robert A. Clausen, Director,
of the Board, Chief Executive Officer,                      Vice Chairman,
and President (Principal Executive                          Chief Administrative Officer and
Officer)                                                    Chief Financial Officer
                                                            (Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ Paul Donovan                                            /s/ James M. Sullivan
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Paul Donovan, Director                                      James M. Sullivan, Vice President and
                                                            Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ Paul H. Hatfield                                        /s/ J. Patrick Mulcahy
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Paul H. Hatfield, Director                                  J. Patrick Mulcahy,  Director


/s/ Robert H. Jenkins                                       /s/ Sally G. Narodick
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Robert H. Jenkins, Director                                 Sally G. Narodick, Director


/s/ Philip R. Lochner, Jr.                                  /s/ William D. Ruckelshaus
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Philip R. Lochner, Jr., Director                            William D. Ruckelshaus, Director


/s/ Frank A. Metz, Jr.                                      /s/ John B. Slaughter
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Frank A. Metz, Jr., Director                                John B. Slaughter, Director
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