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Environmental Indemnity
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Environmental; Indemnity. From and after the Commencement Date and thereafter during the entire Term, Tenant in the operation of its business on the Leased Premises shall comply with all applicable Environmental Laws which relate to the manufacture, ownership, use, storage and disposal of Hazardous Materials. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Tenant shall specifically comply with all applicable Environmental Laws. Tenant shall obtain all environmental licenses, permits, approvals, authorizations, exemptions, classifications, certificates and registrations (collectively, “Permits”) and make all applicable filings required of Tenant to operate at the Leased Premises. The Permits and required filings shall be made available for inspection and copying by Landlord upon reasonable notice and during business hours. Tenant agrees to hold harmless and indemnify Landlord from any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), causes of action, suits, claims, demands, or judgments of any nature whatsoever arising from # the presence or discharge of Hazardous Materials on or from the Leased Premises from the transportation of disposal of Hazardous Materials to and from the Premises in each case to the extent caused by Tenant or its employees, invitees, agents, or contractors during the Term in violation of Environmental Laws (as defined below), # any liens against the Premises, or any part thereof, permitted or imposed by any Environmental Laws (as defined below), or any actual or asserted liability or obligations of Landlord or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws caused by Tenant, and # any actual or asserted liability or obligations arising from the actions of Tenant or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws. The foregoing indemnification shall survive the expiration or termination of this Lease or the termination of Tenant’s tenancy in the Leased Premises. In no way shall Tenant ever be held liable for Hazardous Materials on, upon or appurtenances thereto which were introduced prior to the Term, or by the Landlord, its employees, agents, invitees, contractors or other tenants of the Property.

Releases of Hazardous Materials. If any Release of any Hazardous Material in, on or from the Premises shall occur at any time during the Lease Term and/or if any other Hazardous Material condition exists at the Premises that requires response actions of any kind that is not the result of actions by Landlord or any other Landlord Parties, in addition to notifying Landlord as specified above, Tenant, at its own sole cost and expense, shall # immediately comply with any and all reporting requirements imposed pursuant to any and all Environmental Laws, # provide a written certification to Landlord indicating that Tenant has complied with all applicable reporting requirements, and # take any and all necessary investigation, corrective and remedial action in accordance with any and all applicable Environmental Laws, all in accordance with the provisions and requirements of this Section 5.4, including, without limitation, [Section 5.4.4]. Landlord may, as required by any and all Environmental Laws, report the Release of any Hazardous Material to the appropriate governmental authority, identifying Tenant as the responsible party. Tenant shall deliver to Landlord copies of all administrative orders, notices, demands, directives or other communications directed to Tenant from any governmental authority with respect to any Release of Hazardous Materials in, on, under, from, or about the Premises, together with copies of all investigation, assessment, and remediation plans and reports prepared by or on behalf of Tenant in response to any such regulatory order or directive.

Landlord agrees to indemnify and hold Tenant harmless from and against any and all liabilities, claims, damages, and expenses whatsoever arising from or incident to # the material inaccuracy of Landlord’s disclosure or breach of Landlord’s representation related to Hazardous Materials, and # the presence of Hazardous Materials in and around the Leased Premises which have not been introduced by Tenant. Tenant agrees to indemnify and hold Landlord harmless from and against any and all liabilities, claims, damages, and expenses whatsoever arising from or incident to # the breach of Tenant’s covenants in this Lease related to Hazardous Materials, and # impairment of the environmental condition of the Leased Premises caused by Tenant’s operation on the Leased Premises.

In General. Tenant shall not be responsible for any pre-existing Hazardous Materials on the Premises. Without limiting in any way Tenant’s obligations under any other provision of this Lease, Tenant shall be solely responsible for and shall protect, defend, indemnify and hold the Landlord Parties harmless from and against any and all claims, judgments, losses, damages, costs, expenses, penalties, enforcement actions, taxes, fines, remedial actions, liabilities (including, without limitation, actual attorneys’ fees, litigation, arbitration and administrative proceeding costs, expert and consultant fees and laboratory costs) including, without limitation, consequential damages and sums paid in settlement of claims, which arise during or after the Lease Term, whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, directly or indirectly arising out of or attributable to the presence, use, generation, manufacture, treatment, handling, refining, production, processing, storage, Release or presence of Hazardous Materials in, on, under or about the Premises or Project by any Tenant Party, except to the extent such liabilities result from the negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord following the Lease Commencement Date. The foregoing obligations of Tenant shall include, without limitation: # the costs of any required or necessary removal, repair, cleanup or remediation of the Premises and Project, and the preparation and implementation of any closure, removal, remedial or other required plans; # judgments for personal injury or property damages; and # all costs and expenses incurred by Landlord in connection therewith. It is the express intention of the parties to this Lease that Tenant assumes all such liabilities, and holds Landlord harmless from all such liabilities, associated with the environmental condition of the Premises, arising on or after the date Tenant takes possession of the Premises.

if contamination of the Premises, the Project or any adjacent property by Hazardous Materials brought into, kept, used, stored, handled, treated, generated in or about, or released or disposed of from, the Premises by anyone other than Landlord and Landlord’s employees, agents and contractors otherwise occurs during the Term or any holding over, Tenant hereby indemnifies and shall defend and hold Landlord, its officers, directors, employees, agents and contractors harmless from any and all actions (including, without limitation, remedial or enforcement actions of any kind, administrative or judicial proceedings, and orders or judgments arising out of or resulting therefrom), costs, claims, damages (including, without limitation, punitive damages and damages based upon diminution in value of the Premises or the Project, or the loss of, or restriction on, use of the Premises or any portion of the Project), expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’, consultants’ and experts’ fees, court costs and amounts paid in settlement of any claims or actions), fines, forfeitures or other civil, administrative or criminal penalties, injunctive or other relief (whether or not based upon personal injury, property damage, or contamination of, or adverse effects upon, the environment, water tables or natural resources), liabilities or losses (collectively, “Environmental Claims”) which arise during or after the Term as a result of such contamination. This indemnification of Landlord by Tenant includes, without limitation, costs incurred in connection with any investigation of site conditions or any cleanup, treatment, remedial, removal, or restoration work required by any federal, state or local Governmental Authority because of Hazardous Materials present in the air, soil or ground water above, on, or under the Premises. Without limiting the foregoing, if the presence of any Hazardous Materials on the Premises, the Building, the Project or any adjacent property caused or permitted by Tenant or any Tenant Party results in any contamination of the Premises, the Building, the Project or any adjacent property, Tenant shall promptly take all actions at its sole expense and in accordance with applicable Environmental Requirements as are necessary to return the Premises, the Building, the Project or any adjacent property to the condition existing prior to the time of such contamination, provided that Landlord’s approval of such action shall first be obtained, which approval shall not unreasonably be withheld so long as such actions would not potentially have any material adverse long-term or short-term effect on the Premises, the Building, or the Project. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in [Section 28] or this Section 30, Tenant shall not be responsible for, and the indemnification and hold harmless obligation set forth in this paragraph shall not apply to # contamination in the Premises which Tenant can prove to Landlord’s reasonable satisfaction existed in the Premises immediately prior to the Commencement Date, or # the presence of any Hazardous Materials in the Premises which Tenant can prove to Landlord’s reasonable satisfaction migrated from outside of the Premises into the Premises, unless in either case, the presence of such Hazardous Materials # is the result of a breach by Tenant of any of its obligations under this Lease, or # was caused, contributed to or exacerbated by Tenant or any Tenant Party.

Environmental Indemnification. In addition to and without limiting the scope of any other indemnities provided under this Lease, Tenant shall indemnify, defend (with counsel reasonably acceptable to Landlord) and hold harmless Landlord from and against any and all demands, losses, costs, expenses, damages, bodily injury, wrongful death, property damage, claims, cross-claims, charges, actions, lawsuits, liabilities, obligations, penalties, investigation costs, removal costs, response costs, remediation costs, natural resources damages, governmental administrative actions, and reasonable attorneys’ and consultants’ fees and expenses arising out of, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, or relating to # the release of Hazardous Materials (as defined in Section 10.4 below) by Tenant or the Tenant Related Parties, # the violation of any Hazardous Materials laws by Tenant or the Tenant Related Parties, or # the use, storage, generation or disposal of Hazardous Materials in, on, about, or from the Property by Tenant or the Tenant Related Parties (the items listed in clauses # through and including # being referred to herein individually as a “Tenant Release” and collectively as the “Tenant Releases”).

Tenant acknowledges and agrees that it has received and reviewed a copy of that certain Phase I Environmental Site Assessment dated September 28, 2015 prepared by URS Corporation (the "Environmental Report"). Landlord has no Actual Knowledge of any Hazardous Materials being present at the Property in violation of Environmental Laws, except to the extent set forth in the Environmental Report. Tenant agrees that # no activity will be conducted on the Premises that will use or produce any Hazardous Materials, except for activities which are part of the ordinary course of Tenant's business and are conducted in accordance with all Environmental Laws ("Permitted Activities"); # the Premises will not be used for storage of any Hazardous Materials, except for materials used in the Permitted Activities which are properly stored in a manner and location complying with all Environmental Laws; # no portion of the Premises or Property will be used by Tenant or Tenant's Agents for disposal of Hazardous Materials; # Tenant will deliver to Landlord copies of all Material Safety Data Sheets and other written information prepared by manufacturers, importers or suppliers of any chemical; and # Tenant will immediately notify Landlord of any violation by Tenant or Tenant's Agents of any Environmental Laws or the release or suspected release of Hazardous Materials in, under or about the Premises, and Tenant shall immediately deliver to Landlord a copy of any notice, filing or permit sent or received by Tenant with respect to the foregoing. If at any time during or after the Term, any portion of the Property is found to be contaminated by Tenant or Tenant's Agents or subject to conditions prohibited in this Lease caused by Tenant or Tenant's Agents, Tenant will indemnify, defend and hold Landlord harmless from all claims, demands, actions, liabilities, costs, expenses, reasonable out-of-pocket attorneys' fees, damages and obligations of any nature arising from or as a result thereof, and Landlord shall have the right to direct remediation activities, all of which shall be performed at Tenant's cost (which cost shall include the Administrative Fee). Tenant's obligations pursuant to this subsection shall survive the expiration or termination of this Lease. Except to the extent caused by, contributed to or exacerbated by the actions of Tenant or its Agents, Landlord will indemnify, defend and hold Tenant harmless from all losses, damages and expense incurred by Tenant as a result of any Hazardous Materials that are conclusively determined by an independent third party reasonably acceptable to Landlord and Tenant, to have been released or emitted within the Property either # prior to Tenant's access, occupancy or possession of the Premises, or # by Landlord or Landlord's Agents at any time before, during or after the Lease Term. Landlord's obligations pursuant to this subsection shall survive the expiration or termination of this Lease.

Environmental Requirements. Except for Hazardous Material (as defined below) contained in products used by Tenant in de minimis quantities for ordinary cleaning and office purposes and equipment maintenance, Tenant shall not permit or cause any party to bring any Hazardous Material upon the Premises or transport, store, use, generate, manufacture or release any Hazardous Material in or about the Premises without Landlord's prior written consent. Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, shall operate its business in the Premises in strict compliance with all Environmental Requirements and shall remediate in a manner satisfactory to Landlord any Hazardous Materials released on or from the Premises or the Project by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, subtenants or invitees. Tenant shall complete and certify to disclosure statements as requested by Landlord from time to time relating to Tenant's transportation, storage, use, generation, manufacture or release of Hazardous Materials on the Premises. The term “Environmental Requirements” means all applicable present and future statutes, regulations, ordinances, rules, codes, judgments, orders or other similar enactments of any governmental authority or agency regulating or relating to health, safety, or environmental conditions on, under, or about the Premises or the environment, including without limitation, the following: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; and all state and local counterparts thereto, and any regulations or policies promulgated or issued thereunder. The term “Hazardous Materials” means and includes any substance, material, waste, pollutant, or contaminant listed or defined as hazardous or toxic, under any Environmental Requirements, asbestos and petroleum, including crude oil or any fraction thereof, natural gas liquids, liquefied natural gas, or synthetic gas usable for fuel (or mixtures of natural gas and such synthetic gas). As defined in Environmental Requirements, Tenant is and shall be deemed to be the “operator” of Tenant's “facility” and the “owner” of all Hazardous Materials brought on the Premises by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors or invitees, and the wastes, by-products, or residues generated, resulting, or produced therefrom.

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