Environmental Covenants. Except as commonly occurring in the normal and customary oil and gas exploration activities from time to time, Borrowers will immediately notify the Bank of and provide the Bank with copies of any notifications of discharges or releases or threatened releases or discharges of a Polluting Substance on, upon, into or from the Collateral which are given or required to be given by or on behalf of Borrowers to any federal, state or local Tribunal if any of the foregoing may materially and adversely affect Borrowers or any part of the Collateral, and such copies of notifications shall be delivered to the Bank at the same time as they are delivered to the Tribunal. Borrowers further agree promptly to undertake and diligently pursue to completion any prudent, legally required or authorized remedial containment and cleanup action in the event of any release or discharge or threatened release or discharge of a Polluting Substance on, upon, into or from the Collateral. At all times while owning and operating the Collateral, Borrowers will maintain and retain complete and accurate records of all releases, discharges or other disposal of Polluting Substances on, onto, into or from the Collateral, including, without limitation, records of the quantity and type of any Polluting Substances disposed of on or off the Collateral.

Environmental Indemnities. Borrowers hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Bank and each of its officers, directors, employees, agents, consultants, attorneys, contractors and each of its affiliates, successors or assigns, or transferees from and against, and reimburse said Persons in full with respect to, any and all loss, liability, damage, fines, penalties, costs and expenses, of every kind and character, including reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs, known or unknown, fixed or contingent, occasioned by or associated with any claims, demands, causes of action, suits and/or enforcement actions, including any administrative or judicial proceedings, and any remedial, removal or response actions ever asserted, threatened, instituted or requested by any Persons, including any Tribunal, arising out of or related to: # the breach of any representation or warranty of Borrowers contained in Section 7.16 set forth herein; # the failure of Borrowers to perform any of their covenants contained in [Section 6.7] herein; # the ownership, construction, occupancy, operation, use of the Collateral prior to the earlier of the date on which # the Indebtedness and obligations secured hereby have been paid and performed in full and the Security Instruments have been released, or # the Collateral has been sold by the Bank following the Bank's ownership of the Collateral by way of foreclosure of the Liens granted pursuant hereto, deed in lieu of such foreclosure or otherwise (the "Release Date"); provided, however, this indemnity shall not apply with respect to matters caused by or arising solely from the Bank's or its officers', directors', employees', agents', consultants', attorneys', contractors', or any of its affiliates', successors', assigns' or transferees' activities during any period of time the Bank acquires ownership of the Collateral.

Environmental Representations. To the best of each Borrower's knowledge and belief, upon reasonable and good faith inquiry exercised with due diligence and in accordance with normal industry standards:

Environmental Compliance Each Borrower and its Subsidiaries conduct in the ordinary course of business a review of the effect of existing Environmental Laws and claims alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of any Environmental Law on their respective businesses, operations and properties, and as a result thereof the Borrowers have reasonably concluded that, except as specifically disclosed in [Schedule 509], such Environmental Laws and claims could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect

Environmental Matters. The Company is in compliance with all requisite Environmental Laws in all material respects. The Company has received any written notice regarding any violation of any Environmental Laws, including any investigatory, remedial or corrective obligations, which, if determined adversely to the Company, would reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The Company holds all Permits and authorizations required under applicable Environmental Laws, unless the failure to hold such Permits and authorizations would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, and is compliance with all terms, conditions and provisions of all such Permits and authorizations in all material respects. No releases of hazardous materials have occurred at, from, in, to, on or under any real property currently or formerly owned, operated or leased by the Company or any predecessor thereof and no hazardous materials are present in, on, about or migrating to or from any such property which could result in any liability to the Company. Neither the Company has transported or arranged for the treatment, storage, handling, disposal, or transportation of any hazardous material to any off-site location which could result in any liability to Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company has any liability, absolute or contingent, under any Environmental Law that if enforced or collected would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. There are no past, pending or threatened claims under Environmental Laws against the Company and the Company is not aware of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to result in a liability or claim against the Company pursuant to Environmental Laws.

Except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in any Material Adverse Effect on any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries:

Environmental Notice. Promptly after the assertion or occurrence thereof, notice of any action or proceeding against or of any noncompliance by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries with any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Environmental Matters. [[Organization A:Organization]] has not received notification from any governmental authority advising it that any Leased Real Property is in violation of any law relating to hazardous materials or hazardous substances, as those terms may be used in local, state or federal law. None of the Leased Real Property has been used by [[Organization A:Organization]] to handle, treat, store, or dispose of any hazardous or toxic waste or substance, nor is any of such real property, including all soils, ground waters, and surface waters located on, in, or under the real property, known by [[Organization A:Organization]] to be contaminated with pollutants or other substances which contamination may give rise to a clean-up obligation under any law. All operations conducted by [[Organization A:Organization]] on such Leased Real Property have been and are in material compliance with all federal, state, and local laws, permits, licenses, and authorizations related to environmental compliance and control.

Environmental Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries # are in compliance with all 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”); # have received all permits licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and # are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where in each clause (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

Environmental Matters. Except as disclosed on [Schedule 5.13]: