The "Definition of Environmental Laws" clause outlines the specific legislations, regulations, and legal frameworks that pertain to the protection and conservation of the environment. This clause details applicable federal, state, and local environmental statutes, compliance requirements, and the standards that the parties involved in a contract must adhere to.
“Environmental Laws” means all federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or other governmental restrictions relating to the environment or to emissions, discharges or releases of pollutants, contaminants, petroleum or petroleum products, chemicals or industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes into the environment, including ambient air, surface water, ground water, or land, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of pollutants, contaminants, petroleum or petroleum products, chemicals, or industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes or the clean-up or other remediation thereof, including without limitation 42 U.S.C. §9601 (14), of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”), as amended by the Superfimd Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 set forth at 42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq. (“SARA”), or the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 set forth at 42 U.S.C. §6901 et seq. (“RCRA”) and all successor statutes and amendments thereto.
“Environmental Laws” means, as the same may have been amended, any Law relating to (i) pollution or protection of natural resources or the environment, including air, water or land, (ii) the generation, handling, treatment, storage, disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials or waste materials, (iii) the regulation of or exposure to Hazardous Materials, (iv) the Remediation of, or other response to Hazardous Materials on, at, or migrating from, any property, or (v) responsibility for, response to, or restoration of damages (including natural resource damages) caused by Hazardous Materials, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. (“CERCLA”); the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq. (“RCRA”); the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.; the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.; the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 1471 et seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 through 2629; the Oil Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq.; the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. § 11001 et seq.; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300f through 300j; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq.; the Atomic Energy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq. (“AEA”); and all applicable related Law, whether local, state, territorial, or national, of any Governmental Body having jurisdiction over the property in question addressing pollution or the environment and all regulations implementing the foregoing. The term “Environmental Laws” includes all judicial and administrative decisions, orders, directives, and decrees issued by a Governmental Body pursuant to the foregoing.
“Environmental Laws” means, as the same may have been amended, as of the Execution Date, any applicable federal, state or local Law, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.) (“CERCLA”) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (“RCRA”) relating to (i) the control of any potential pollutant or the protection of the environment, including air, water or land, (ii) the generation, handling, treatment, storage, disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials or waste materials, or (iii) the regulation of or exposure to Hazardous Materials, (iv) the cleanup, restoration, or remediation of, or other response to Hazardous Materials on, at, or migrating from, any property, or (v) responsibility for, response to, or restoration of damages (including natural resource damages) caused by Hazardous Materials
17.3 Definition of Environmental Laws. As used herein, the term “Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state or local environmental, health and/or safety-related laws, regulations, standards, decisions of courts, ordinances, rules, codes, orders, decrees, directives, guidelines, permits or permit conditions, currently existing and as amended, enacted, issued or adopted in the future relating to the environment or to any Hazardous Material (including, without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. § 9601, et seq.), the Washington Model Toxics Control Act (Ch.70.l0SD RCW) and the Washington Hazardous Waste Management Act (Ch.70.105 RCW) which are or become applicable to Tenant or the Premises.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all Governmental Requirements pertaining in any way to public health (to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials), pollution or protection of the environment, the preservation or reclamation of natural resources, or the management, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials, in effect in any and all jurisdictions in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is conducting, or at any time has conducted, business, or where any Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is located, including, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA”), as amended, the Clean Air Act, as amended, the Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”), as amended, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended (to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (“RCRA”), as amended, the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, as amended, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Law, as amended.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all Governmental Requirements pertaining in any way to public health (to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials), pollution or protection of the environment, the preservation or reclamation of natural resources, or the management, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials, in effect in any and all jurisdictions in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is conducting, or at any time has conducted, business, or where any Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is located, including, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA”), as amended, the Clean Air Act, as amended, the Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”), as amended, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended (to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (“RCRA”), as amended, the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, as amended, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Law, as amended.
11.3 Definition of Environmental Laws. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Environmental Laws” shall mean and include all federal, state and local statutes, ordinances, regulations and rules relating to environmental quality, health, safety, contamination and clean-up, including, without limitation: (1) the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.; (2) the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.; (3) the Water Quality Act of 1987; (4) the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (“FIFRA”), 7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq.; (5) the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1401 et seq.; (6) the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq.; (7) the Noise Control Act, 42 U.S.C. 4901 et seq.; (8) the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.; (9) the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”), 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq., as amended by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984; (10) the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300f et seq.; (11) the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq., as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, and the Radon Gas and Indoor Air Quality Research Act; (12) the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”), 15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.; (13) the Atomic Energy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq.; (14) the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, 42 U.S.C. § 10101 et seq.; and (15) state superlien and environmental clean-up statutes, with implementing regulations and guidelines.
Environmental Laws shall mean any and all current or future foreign or domestic, federal, national, state, provincial, municipal (or any subdivision of either of them), laws, treaties, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations and Codes, together with all decrees, judgments, directives, orders or injunctions issued, governmental authorizations, or any other requirements of Governmental Entity relating to (a) environmental matters, including those relating to any Hazardous Materials Activity; (b) the generation, use, storage, transportation or disposal of Hazardous Materials; or (c) occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene, land use or the protection of human, plant or animal health or welfare, in any manner applicable to the Borrowers.
5.3.5 Definition of Environmental Laws. The term “Environmental Laws” shall mean any and all federal, state or local laws and regulations of an environmental nature, including, in all cases, any judgments, orders, notices, notices of infraction or non-compliance, decrees, codes, rules, directives, policies, guidelines and guides, authorizations, authorization certificates, approvals, permissions and permits issued by any competent authorities, the whole as they may have been amended from time to time.
"Environmental Laws" means any and all Governmental Requirements pertaining in any way to health, safety, the environment, the preservation or reclamation of natural resources, or the management, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials, in effect in any and all jurisdictions in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is conducting, or at any time has conducted, business, or where any Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is located, including, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, as amended, the Clean Air Act, as amended, the Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA"), as amended, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 ("RCRA"), as amended, the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, as amended, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, and other environmental conservation or protection Governmental Requirements.
“Environmental Laws” means any applicable Federal, state or local Laws, in each case as amended and in effect in the jurisdiction in which the applicable site or premises are located, pertaining to the protection of the environment, or, as such relates to exposure to or the handling of hazardous substances, health and safety, including the following statutes and all regulations promulgated thereunder: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. (“CERCLA”); the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. § 11001 et seq.; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.; the Federal Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq.; the Toxic Substance Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.; the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq.; the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, 49 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq.; the Atomic Energy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2014 et seq.; any state or local statute of analogous effect.
“Environmental Laws” means any federal, state, local and foreign laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands, or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations, issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder.
“Environmental Laws” mean all Laws relating to (i) protection, preservation or restoration of the environment including air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water supply, surface land, subsurface land, plant and animal life or any other natural resource (ii) protection of the health and safety of employees (to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials) or (iii) pollution or the exposure to, or the use, storage, recycling, treatment, generation, transportation, processing, handling, labeling, production, release or disposal of Hazardous Materials, including Laws relating to Releases of harmful or deleterious materials and the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, Release, discharge, transport, cleanup or handling of harmful or deleterious materials, including the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. § 5101 et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. §1251 et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. §6901 et seq.), the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. §3000(f) et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. §2601 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. §7401 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. §2701 et seq.), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq.) (“CERCLA”), the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. §1531 et seq.), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq.), the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), each of their state and local counterparts or equivalents, each of their foreign and international equivalents, any transfer of ownership notification or approval statute, as each has been amended and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and other similar state and local statutes, in effect as of the date hereof.
“Environmental Laws” means all rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, judgments, orders, decrees, directives, laws, injunctions or binding agreements entered into with any Governmental Authority relating to or addressing pollution or protection of the environment, or protection of worker health or safety, including, but not limited to, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq., the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq., and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq., in each case including any amendments thereto, any successor statutes, any regulations or guidance promulgated thereunder, and any state or local equivalent thereof.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all Governmental Requirements pertaining in any way to health, safety, the environment, the preservation or reclamation of natural resources, or the management, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials, in effect in any and all jurisdictions in which the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor is conducting, or at any time has conducted, business, or where any Property of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor is located, including, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA”), as amended, the Clean Air Act, as amended, the Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”), as amended, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (“RCRA”), as amended, the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, as amended, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Law, as amended, and other environmental conservation or protection Governmental Requirements.
“Environmental Laws” means any applicable Federal, state or local Laws, in each case as amended and in effect in the jurisdiction in which the applicable site or premises are located, pertaining to the protection of the environment, or, as such relates to exposure to or the handling of hazardous substances, health and safety, including the following statutes and all regulations promulgated thereunder: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. (“CERCLA”); the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. § 11001 et seq.; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.; the Federal Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq.; the Toxic Substance Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.; the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq.; the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, 49 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq.; the Atomic Energy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2014 et seq.; any state or local statute of analogous effect.
The term “Definition of Environmental Laws” refers to the body of laws, regulations, agreements, and common law that governs how humans interact with their environment. This encompasses a wide range of topics, including air and water quality, waste management, chemical safety, biodiversity conservation, and the management of natural resources. Environmental laws are designed to protect the environment from harm due to human activities and to manage natural resources sustainably for current and future generations.
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