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Environmental Requirements
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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 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.

Environmental Reporting Requirements. Promptly, and in any event within ten (10) Business Days, after a Responsible Officer obtains knowledge thereof, notify the Administrative Agent of or, deliver to the Administrative Agent, for further distribution to each Lender copies of any and all material, non-privileged written communications and material, non-privileged documents concerning:

Environmental. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, # no Property is or, to the Company’s knowledge, has been a site for the use, generation, manufacture, storage, treatment, release, threatened release, discharge, disposal, transportation or presence of any Hazardous Materials and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in such activities, and # there are no claims or actions pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any Governmental Agency or by any other Person relating to any Hazardous Materials or pursuant to any Hazardous Materials Law.

Environmental. Except as would not, singularly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company: # no Property is or, to the Company’s knowledge, has been a site for the use, generation, manufacture, storage, treatment, release, discharge, disposal or transportation of any Hazardous Materials, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has engaged in such activities; # each Property, and the Company and each such Subsidiary, are in compliance with all Hazardous Materials Laws; and # there are no claims or actions pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any Property by any Governmental Agency or by any other Person relating to any Hazardous Materials or pursuant to any Hazardous Materials Law.

Environmental. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, # neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any Environmental Laws, # there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and # to the knowledge of the Company, there are no events or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or Governmental Entity, against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws. No Property is or, to the Company’s knowledge, has been a site for the use, generation, manufacture, storage, treatment, release, threatened release, discharge, disposal, transportation or presence of any Hazardous Materials and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in such activities.

Environmental. No Property is or, to Company’s knowledge, has been a site for the use, generation, manufacture, storage, treatment, release, threatened release, discharge, disposal, transportation or presence of any Hazardous Materials and neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in such activities. There are no claims or actions pending or, to Company’s knowledge, threatened against Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any Governmental Agency or by any other Person relating to any Hazardous Materials or pursuant to any Hazardous Materials Law.

Environmental. To Seller’s actual knowledge, and in reliance on the Phase I ESA included in the Property Information, there are no violations of Environmental Laws related to the Premises with respect to the presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from the Premises. The term “Environmental Laws” includes without limitation the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) and other federal laws governing Hazardous Materials as in effect on the Contract Date, together with their implementing regulations and guidelines as of the Contract Date, and all state and local laws, regulations and ordinances that regulate Hazardous Materials in effect as of the Contract Date. “Hazardous Materials” means any substance which is # designated, defined, classified or regulated as a hazardous substance, hazardous material, hazardous waste, pollutant or contaminant under any applicable law, as currently in effect as of the Contact Date # petroleum hydrocarbon, including crude oil or any fraction thereof and all petroleum products, # PCBs, # lead, # friable asbestos, # flammable explosives, # infectious materials or # radioactive materials.

Environmental. (i) Keep any property either owned or operated by it or any of its Subsidiaries free of any Environmental Liens; # comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, with all Environmental Laws in all material respects and provide to the Collateral Agent any non-priviledged documentation of such compliance which the Collateral Agent may reasonably request; # provide the Agents written notice within 5 Business Days of any Release of a Hazardous Material in excess of any reportable quantity from or onto property at any time owned or operated by it or any of its Subsidiaries and take any Remedial Actions required to abate said Release; and # provide the Agents with written notice within 10 days of the receipt of any of the following: # notice that an Environmental Lien has been filed against any property of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries; # commencement of any Environmental Action or notice that an Environmental Action will be filed against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries; and # notice of a violation, citation or other administrative order which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Environmental. Permit the use, handling, generation, storage, treatment, Release or disposal of Hazardous Materials at any property owned or leased by it or any of its Subsidiaries, except in compliance with Environmental Laws (other than any noncompliance that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect).

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