Hazardous Substance

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Hazardous Substance. Means (a) any material, substance or waste that is listed, defined, or regulated as a "hazardous substance," "hazardous waste," "toxic substance," "hazardous material," or word of similar import or regulatory effect under Environmental Laws; and (b) petroleum products or byproducts, including derivatives and fraction thereof, asbestos, lead-based paint, polychlorinated biphenyls, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, radioactive materials, and toxic mold.
Hazardous Substance. Means (i) any chemical, compound, material, mixture or substance that is now or hereafter defined or listed in, or otherwise classified pursuant to, any Environmental Law as a "hazardous substance," "hazardous material," "hazardous waste," "extremely hazardous waste," "acutely hazardous waste," "restricted hazardous waste," "radioactive waste," "infectious waste," "biohazardous waste," "toxic substance," "pollutant," "toxic pollutant," "contaminant" or any other formulation not mentioned herein... intended to define, list, or classify substances by reason of deleterious properties such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity, toxicity, reproductive toxicity, "EP toxicity" or "TCLP toxicity"; (ii) petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids, liquefied natural gas, synthetic gas usable for fuel (or mixtures of natural gas and such synthetic gas) and ash produced by a resource recovery facility utilizing a municipal solid waste stream, and drilling fluids, produced waters and other wastes associated with the exploration, development or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal resources; (iii) any flammable substances or explosives; (iv) any radioactive materials; (v) any pesticide; (vi) asbestos in any form; (vii) urea formaldehyde foam insulation; (viii) transformers or other equipment which contain dielectric fluid containing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in excess of fifty (50) parts per million; (ix) radon; and (x) any other chemical, material, or substance that, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical or chemical characteristics, exposure to which is regulated for health and safety reasons by any Governmental Authority, or which is or has been demonstrated to pose a significant present or potential hazard to human health and safety or to the environment if released into the workplace or the environment. View More Arrow
Hazardous Substance. Shall mean any hazardous or toxic material, substance, or waste, pollutant or contaminant which is regulated under any statute, law, regulation, rule or ordinance of any local, state, regional, or federal authority having jurisdiction over the Real Property, or its use, including, but not limited to, any material, substance or waste which is (i) defined as a hazardous substance under any Environmental Laws; (ii) a petroleum hydrocarbon, including crude oil or any fraction thereof and all... petroleum products; (iii) polychlorinated biphenyls; (iv) lead; (v) urea formaldehyde; (vi) asbestos; (vii) flammable explosives; (viii) infectious materials; (ix) radioactive materials; or (x) defined or regulated as a hazardous substance under rules or regulations promulgated under any Environmental Laws. View More Arrow
Hazardous Substance. Means and include each substance identified or designated as such under CERCLA, as well as any other substance or material meeting any one or more of the following criteria: (i) it is or contains a substance designated as a hazardous waste, hazardous substance, pollutant, contaminant or toxic substance under any Environmental Law; or (ii) it is or contains, without limiting the foregoing, petroleum hydrocarbons. 2
Hazardous Substance. Any material, substance or waste that is: (i) listed, classified or regulated as a "hazardous waste," "hazardous substance" or "toxic substance" pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law, (ii) any petroleum product or by-product, friable asbestos, radioactive materials, urea formaldehyde insulation or polychlorinated biphenyls, or (iii) with respect to which liability or standards of conduct are imposed under any Environmental Law.
Hazardous Substance. Shall mean any pollutant, contaminant, chemical, or industrial or hazardous, toxic or dangerous waste, substance or material, defined or regulated as such in (or for purposes of) any Environmental Law and any other toxic, reactive, or flammable chemicals, including any asbestos, any petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction), any radioactive substance and any polychlorinated biphenyls or any constituent of any such substance or waste, and specifically also including hydraulic fluids;... provided, in the event that any Environmental Law is amended so as to broaden the meaning of any term defined thereby, such broader meaning shall apply subsequent to the effective date of such amendment; and provided, further, to the extent that the applicable laws of any state establish a meaning for "hazardous material," "hazardous substance," "hazardous waste," "solid waste" or "toxic substance" which is broader than that specified in any federal Environmental Law, such broader meaning shall apply. View More Arrow
Hazardous Substance. Means any hazardous waste, hazardous substance, hazardous material, toxic substance, dangerous substance or dangerous good or contaminant as defined or identified in any Environmental Law.
Hazardous Substance. Shall mean materials, wastes or substances that are (A) included within the definition of any one or more of the terms "hazardous substances," "hazardous materials," "toxic substances," "toxic pollutants" and "hazardous waste" in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 9601, et seq. ), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. Section 6901, et seq. ), the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1251, et seq.... ), the Safe Drinking Water Act (14 U.S.C. Section 1401, et seq. ), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. Section 1801, et seq. ), and the Toxic Substance Control Act (15 U.S.C. Section 2601, et seq.) and the regulations promulgated pursuant to such laws, (B) regulated or classified as hazardous or toxic, under federal, state or local environmental laws or regulations, (C) petroleum, (D) asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, (E) polychlorinated biphenyls, (F) flammable explosives or (G) radioactive materials. View More Arrow
Hazardous Substance. Means any waste or other substance that is listed, defined, designated, or classified as, or otherwise determined to be, hazardous, radioactive, or toxic or a pollutant or a contaminant under or pursuant to any Environmental Law, including any admixture or solution thereof, and specifically including petroleum and all derivatives thereof or synthetic substitutes therefor and asbestos or asbestos-containing materials.
Hazardous Substance. Means one or more of the following substances: A. those substances included within the definitions of "hazardous substances," "hazardous materials" or "toxic substances," in CERCLA, SARA, RCRA, Toxic Substances Control Act, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. Sections 1801 et seq. ); 23 B. such other substances, materials and... wastes which are or become regulated as hazardous or toxic under applicable local, state or federal law, or the United States government, or which are classified as hazardous or toxic under federal, state, or local laws or regulations; and C. any material, waste or substance which is (i) asbestos, (ii) polychlorinated biphenyls, (iii) designated as a "hazardous substance" pursuant to Section 311 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Sections 1251 et seq. (33 U.S.C. §1321) or listed pursuant to Section 307 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §1317), (iv) explosives, (v) radioactive materials, or (vi) petroleum, petroleum products or any fraction thereof. View More Arrow
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