Environmental Laws

Environmental Laws. Shall mean any present or future federal, state or local laws, ordinances, rules or regulations pertaining to Hazardous Substances, industrial hygiene or environmental conditions, including without limitation the following statutes and regulations, as amended from time to time: (i) the Federal Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq. ; (ii) the Federal Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 1151 et seq. ; (iii) the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.... ("RCRA"); (iv) the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq. ("CERCLA") and the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-499, 100 Stat. 1613 ("SARA"); (v) the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. Section 1802; (vi) the National Environment Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 1857 et seq. ; (vii) the Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976, 15 U.S.C. Section 2601 et seq. ; (viii) the regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency, 33 CFR and 40 CFR; (ix) regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") relating to asbestos; and (x) similar statutes, rules and regulations of any State. View More

Environmental Laws. Shall have the meaning set forth in paragraph 7S hereof.

Environmental Laws. All present and future laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, authorizations, judgments, decrees, concessions, grants, franchises, agreements and other governmental restrictions and requirements, as they may be amended from time to time, relating to the environment or to any Toxic Materials or Indemnified Activity, including, without limitation, CERCLA, and all rules, regulations, orders and decrees now or hereafter promulgated thereunder, together... with all statutes and rules and municipal ordinances dealing with similar environmental matters. 1 View More

Environmental Laws. Means all applicable laws relating to the protection of the environment including, without limitation, all requirements pertaining to reporting, licensing, permitting, controlling, investigating or remediating emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, chemical substances, pollutants, contaminants or toxic substances, materials or wastes, whether solid, liquid or gaseous in nature, into the air, surface water, groundwater or land, or relating to the... manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of hazardous substances, chemical substances, pollutants, contaminants or toxic substances, material or wastes, whether solid, liquid or gaseous in nature. View More

Environmental Laws. Shall mean any applicable United States or Texas law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation or determination of any pertaining to health or the environment, including, without limitation, the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended by the federal Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act and as further amended from time to time, the federal Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, the federal Clean Water Act, as amended by the Oil Pollution... Act and as further amended from time to time, the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, the federal Clean Air Act, as amended, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, the federal Oil Pollution Act, as amended, the Texas Water Code, as amended, the Texas Health and Safety Code, as amended, and the Texas Natural Resources Code, as amended, and all rules, regulations, orders or guidance documents now or hereafter in effect of any federal, state or loca l executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative agency, board or authority or any judicial or administrative decision relating thereto. View More

Environmental Laws. Shall mean all federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to pollution or protection of the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, wetland, land surface and subsurface strata), including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the importation, manufacture, processing, formulation, testing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport, handling or release of any "hazardous waste," "hazardous... substance" or "pollutant or contaminant" (as defined under any Environmental Law, including without limitation in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, or the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, and regulations promulgated thereunder), radioactive materials, genetically modified organisms, asbestos, and petroleum, its derivatives, by-products and other petroleum-related hydrocarbons. View More

Environmental Laws. Shall mean all laws, codes, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders, decrees and directives issued by any federal, state, local, foreign or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority or body (or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof) pertaining to hazardous or toxic materials, including, without limitation, any hazardous materials or wastes, toxic substances, flammable, explosive or radioactive materials, asbestos, and/or other similar materials; any so-called... "superfund" or "superlien" law pertaining to hazardous or toxic materials on or about any property at any time owned, leased or otherwise used by Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries, or any portion thereof, including, without limitation, those relating to soil, surface, subsurface groundwater conditions and the condition of the ambient air; and any other federal, state, foreign or local statute, law, ordinance, code, rule, regulatio n, order or decree regulating, relating to, or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning, any hazardous, toxic, radioactive, flammable or dangerous waste, substance or material, as now or at any time hereafter in effect. 2 View More

Environmental Laws. Means any and all federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, judgments, orders, codes, or injunctions, which impose liability for or standards of conduct concerning the manufacture, processing, generation, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, cleanup, transport or handling of Hazardous Substances including, The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, The Comprehensive Environmental Response, ... Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended ("CERCLA"), The Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, to the extent it relates to the handling of and exposure to hazardous or toxic materials or similar substances, and any other so-called "Superfund" or "Superlien" law. View More

Environmental Laws. Shall mean any international, federal, state or local statute, law, regulation, order, consent, decree, judgment, permit, license, code, covenant, deed restriction, common law, treaty, convention, ordinance or other requirement relating to public health, safety or the environment, including, without limitation, those relating to releases, discharges or emissions to air, water, land or groundwater, to the withdrawal or use of groundwater, to the use and... handling of polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, to the disposal, treatment, storage or management of hazardous or solid waste, or Hazardous Substances or crude oil, or any fraction thereof, or to exposure to toxic or hazardous materials to the handling, transportation, discharge or release of gaseous or liquid Hazardous Substances and any regulation, order, notice or demand issued pursuant to such law, statute or ordinance, including without limitation the following: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 and the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1976, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Clean Air Act, as amended, the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1977, as amended, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1975, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and any similar or implementing state law, and any state statute and any further amendments to these laws providing for financial responsibility for cleanup or other actions with respect to the release or threatened release of Hazardous Substances or crude oil, or any fraction thereof and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. View More

Environmental Laws. Means any and all federal, state or local laws, statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances, orders, decrees and other binding obligations: (i) related to releases or threatened releases of any Hazardous Substance to soil, surface water, groundwater, air or any other environmental media; (ii) governing the use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Substances; or (iii) related to the protection of the environment and human health. Such Environmental Laws shall include,... but are not limited to, RCRA, CERCLA, EPCRA, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Endangered Species Act and any other federal, state or local laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, orders, permit conditions, licenses or any terms or provisions thereof related to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above. View More