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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. If the environmental site assessment provided for in paragraph 4 confirms the presence of Hazardous Materials on the Property, Buyer, at its sole option, may elect to terminate this Agreement and neither party shall have any further obligations under this Agreement. Should Buyer elect not to terminate this Agreement, Seller shall, at Seller's sole cost and expense and prior to the exercise of the option and closing, promptly commence and diligently pursue any assessment, clean up and monitoring of the Property necessary to bring the Property into full compliance with Environmental Law to DSL’s satisfaction in its sole discretion. "Environmental Law" shall mean all federal, state and local laws, including statutes, regulations, ordinances, codes, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements and other governmental restrictions relating to the protection of the environment or human health, welfare or safety, or to the emission, discharge, seepage, release or threatened release of any contaminant, solid waste, hazardous waste, pollutant, irritant, petroleum product, waste product, radioactive material, flammable or corrosive substance, carcinogen, explosive, polychlorinated biphenyl, asbestos, hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste of any kind into the environment, including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, or land including, but not limited to, the Federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Federal Clean Air Act, the Federal Clean Water Act, the Federal Resource and Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, the Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, the Federal Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Chapters 161, 253, 373, 376 and 403, Florida Statutes, Rules of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Rules of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and the rules of the Florida water management districts now or at any time hereafter in effect. However, should the estimated cost to Seller of clean up of Hazardous Materials exceed a sum which is equal to 0% of the Initial Purchase Price as stated in paragraph 3.A. Seller may elect to terminate this Agreement and neither party shall have any further obligations under this Agreement.

Hazardous Materials. Each Owner with respect to the Lot(s) owned by such Owner covenants to do as follows:

Hazardous Materials. Tenant shall not cause or permit the storage, use, generation, release, handling or disposal (collectively, “Handling”) of any Hazardous Materials (as defined below) in, on, or about the Premises, the Building or the Project by Tenant or any agents, employees, contractors, licensees, subtenants,

Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials (as defined below) to be brought upon, kept or used in or about the Premises in violation of Applicable Laws by Tenant or any of its employees, agents, contractors or invitees (collectively with Tenant, each a “Tenant Party”). If # Tenant breaches such obligation, # the presence of Hazardous Materials as a result of such a breach results in contamination of the Premises, any portion thereof, or any adjacent property, # contamination of the Premises otherwise occurs during the Term or any extension or renewal hereof or holding over hereunder or # contamination of the Premises occurs as a result of Hazardous Materials that are placed on or under or are released into the Premises by a Tenant Party, then Tenant shall Indemnify the Landlord Indemnitees from and against any and all Claims of any kind or nature, including # diminution in value of the Premises or any portion thereof, # damages for the loss or restriction on use of rentable or usable space or of any amenity of the Premises, # damages arising from any adverse impact on marketing of space in the Premises or any portion thereof and # sums paid in settlement of Claims that arise before, during or after the Term as a result of such breach or contamination. This Indemnification by Tenant includes costs incurred in connection with any investigation of site conditions or any clean-up, remedial, removal or restoration work required by any Governmental Authority because of Hazardous Materials present in the air, soil or groundwater above, on, under or about the Premises. Without limiting the foregoing, if the presence of any Hazardous Materials in, on, under or about the Premises, any portion thereof or any adjacent property caused or permitted by any Tenant Party results in any contamination of the Premises, any portion thereof or any adjacent property, then Tenant shall promptly take all actions at its sole cost and expense as are necessary to return the Premises, any portion thereof or any adjacent property to its respective condition existing prior to the time of such contamination; provided that Landlord’s written approval of such action shall first be obtained, which approval Landlord shall not unreasonably withhold; and provided, further, that it shall be reasonable for Landlord to withhold its consent if such actions could have a material adverse long-term or short-term effect on the Premises, any portion thereof or any adjacent property. Tenant’s obligations under this Section shall not be affected, reduced or limited by any limitation on the amount or type of damages, compensation or benefits payable by or for Tenant under workers’ compensation acts, disability benefit acts, employee benefit acts or similar legislation.

Hazardous Materials. (a) Tenant Obligations. Tenant shall not bring or allow any of Tenant's Agents to bring on the Premises or the Project, any asbestos, petroleum or petroleum products, used oil, explosives, toxic materials or substances defined as hazardous wastes, hazardous materials or hazardous substances under any federal, state or local law or regulation (“Hazardous Materials”), except for routine office and janitorial supplies used on the Premises and stored in the usual and customary manner and quantities, and in compliance with all applicable environmental laws and regulations (“Permitted Materials”). Except as provided in this Section 9.2, in the event of any release of Hazardous Materials on, from, under or about the Premises or the Project as the result of Tenant’s occupancy or use of the Premises, Landlord shall have the right, but not the obligation, to cause Tenant, at Tenant’s sole cost and expense, to clean up, remove, remediate and repair any soil or groundwater contamination or other damage or contamination in conformance with the requirements of applicable law. Subject to the waivers set forth in [Section 15.5], Tenant shall indemnify, protect, hold harmless and defend (by counsel acceptable to Landlord) Landlord, its affiliates, its Agents and each of their respective Agents, successors and assigns, from and against any and all demands, claims, causes of action, damages, penalties, fines, liabilities, judgments, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs) (“Claims”) to the extent caused by or arising out of # a violation of the foregoing prohibitions or # the presence or release of any Hazardous Materials on, from, under or about the Premises, the Project or other properties as the result of Tenant's occupancy or use of the Premises. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Tenant's obligation to indemnify, protect, hold harmless and defend Landlord, its affiliates, its Agents and each of their respective Agents, successors and assigns, shall not extend to any Claims arising as a result of, and Tenant shall not have any liability to Landlord under this Section 9.2 resulting from, any Hazardous Materials # existing or generated, on, from, under or about the Project, including, without limitation, the Premises, prior to the Date of Lease (“Pre-Existing Contamination”) unless caused or exacerbated by Tenant’s or Tenant’s Agents’ release of Hazardous Materials, exacerbation of Pre-Existing Contamination, violation of any applicable laws, statutes, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations or breach by Tenant of its obligations under this Section 9.2 (collectively, and separately referred to as “Tenant Responsible Contamination”), subject to the waivers in [Section 15.5], # that migrate onto the Premises, Building or Project by no fault of Tenant, or # generated or brought on the Premises, Building or Project by Landlord or its Agents. Tenant shall immediately give Landlord written notice # of any suspected breach of this Section 9.2, # upon Tenant’s actual knowledge of the presence or any release of any Hazardous Materials (other than Permitted Materials) within or about the Premises or # upon receiving any notices from governmental agencies or other parties pertaining to Hazardous Materials which may affect the Premises. Neither the written consent of Landlord to the presence of the Hazardous Materials, nor Tenant's compliance with all laws applicable to such Hazardous Materials, shall relieve Tenant of its indemnification obligation under this Lease. Landlord shall have the right from time to time, but not the obligation, to # request from Tenant information showing Tenant’s compliance with its obligations under Section 9.2; and # to enter upon the Premises in accordance with Article XIV to conduct such inspections and undertake such sampling and testing activities as Landlord deems necessary or desirable to determine whether Tenant is in compliance with its obligations under Section 9.2, except that in no event may Landlord sample or test tenant raw materials, lab materials, products or processes, except with the prior written consent of Tenant, which consent may be withheld if commercially reasonable alternative means exist to assure Tenant compliance.

Are hazardous materials used or stored? If so, continue with the next question. If not, go to [Section 3.0].

Hazardous Materials. Subtenant shall use no Hazardous Materials in, on, under or about the Premises or the Building, except as permitted by [Section 5.3] of the Master Lease, as incorporated therein. Subject to receipt of Master Landlord’s consent, Sublandlord hereby approves of Subtenant’s use of the Hazardous Materials on the form attached hereto as Exhibit D. Subtenant hereby agrees that the obligations of “Tenant” in [Section 5.3] of the Master Lease are incorporated herein by reference as specified above, including without limitation all such obligations to deliver Environmental Questionnaires (including the delivery of an Environmental Questionnaire concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Sublease), and all obligations to deliver notices, notifications, certifications, documents, environmental assessments, Environmental Reports, and Clean-up plans. In addition, Subtenant specifically acknowledges that Sublandlord shall have the obligation, and the right, to deliver all such Environmental Questionnaires and other documents and notices to Master Landlord in fulfillment of Sublandlord’s obligations to Master Landlord under the Master Lease. Sublandlord agrees to use reasonable commercial efforts to minimize the creation of duplicative or inconsistent obligations to Master Landlord and Sublandlord under [Sections 5.3.1.3(iii) and (iv), 5.3.2 and 5.3.4]4]4]4] of the Master Lease, but nothing herein shall be construed as any waiver by Sublandlord or its rights and remedies pursuant to said Sections of the Master Lease, as incorporated herein. In [Section 5.3.1.4.3], as incorporated by reference herein, the phrase “that exist in, on or about the Project as of the date hereof” shall be deleted and the following phrase shall be inserted in its place: “that exist in the Premises as of the Initial Premises Commencement Date or the Expansion Premises Commencement Date, as the case may be, and that are caused by Sublandlord and not the obligation of Master Landlord under [Section 5.1.4.1.3] of the Master Lease or a third party.”

For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” means # any “hazardous material” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, # hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos,

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. For the purposes of this Survey Form, the term “hazardous material” means any raw material, product or agent considered hazardous under any state or federal law. The term does not include wastes which are intended to be discarded.

Definitions: As used in this Lease, the following terms have the following

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