Applicant Violator System. Each Member represents and warrants that such member, its officers, shareholders, members, subsidiaries, affiliates and any other entity that can be attributed to it under the “ownership and control” regulations issued by the office of Surface Mining (collectively, “Member Entities”) are not currently permit blocked under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (“SMCRA”). No Member will allow to exist any violation of SMCRA or any comparable state law at any operation of a Member Entity that would cause any other Member or its Member Entities to be permit blocked. Any Member Entity which becomes permit blocked under SMCRA or any comparable state law shall provide written notice of such event to the other Members within five (5) days and shall take any and all actions necessary for the removal of such permit block within twenty (20) days’ provided, however, that if the permit block does not then or thereafter adversely affect the other Member(s) (by permit block or otherwise), the permit blocked entity may contest the permit block in good faith and by appropriate legal proceedings, provided further, however, that if the permit block does adversely affect the other Members (by permit block or otherwise), the non-permit blocked Member(s) may (i) undertake to remove the condition causing the permit block, at the permit blocked Member’s expense or (ii) purchase such permit blocked Member’s interest in the Company at the fair market value of such permit blocked Member’s interest.
Applicant Violator System. Neither the Company, any of the Company Subsidiaries, nor any Person “owned or controlled” by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any Person which “owns or controls” the Company or the Company Subsidiaries, has been notified in writing by the U.S. Office of Surface Mining or the agency of any state administering the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (30 U.S.C. §§ 1201 et seq.), or any comparable state statute, that it is: (a) ineligible to receive additional surface mining permits; or (b) under investigation to determine whether their eligibility to receive such permits should be revoked, i.e., “permit blocked.” As used herein, the terms “own,” “owner,” or “ownership” and “control” or “controller” shall be defined as set forth in 30 C.F.R. § 701.5.
Applicant Violator System. Each Venturer warrants that the Venturer, ------------------------- its officers, shareholders, subsidiaries, affiliates and any other entity that can be attributed to it under the "ownership and control" regulations issued by the Office of Surface Mining are not currently "permit blocked" pursuant to the Surface Mining Reclamation and Control Act of 1977 ("SMCRA"). Bluegrass warrants that no unabated violation of SMCRA or its state counterpart exists at the Patriot Mine on the Effective Date that would cause either or both of the Venturers to be "permit blocked".
Applicant Violator System. (a) The parties hereto acknowledge that the Company and its subsidiaries are subject to the Applicant Violator System and the requirements for permits to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations ("Permits") described in 30 C.F.R. Section 773 (together with any successor statutory or regulatory provisions, "AVS"). As a result of AVS, an applicant for Permits may be denied permits ("Permit Blocked") because of ownership or control links to another entity.
Applicant Violator System. Neither the Parent nor Merger Sub, nor any Person “owned or controlled” by Parent or Merger Sub, nor to the knowledge of Parent, any Person that “owns or controls” the Parent or Merger Sub, has been notified in writing by the U.S. Office of Surface Mining or the agency of any state administering the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation at (30 U.S.C. §§ 1201 et seq.), or any comparable state statute, that it is: (a) ineligible to receive additional surface mining permits; or (b) under investigation to determine whether their eligibility to receive such permits should be revoked, i.e., “permit blocked.” As used herein, the terms “own,” “owner,” or “ownership” and “control” or “controller” shall be defined as set forth in 30 C.F.R. § 701.5.
Applicant Violator System. Neither Buyer, nor any Person “owned or controlled” by Buyer, nor to the knowledge of Buyer, any Person that “owns or controls” Buyer, has been notified in writing by the U.S. Office of Surface Mining or the agency of any state administering the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation at (30 U.S.C. §§ 1201 et seq.), or any comparable state statute, that it is: (a) ineligible to receive surface mining permits; or (b) under investigation to determine whether its eligibility to receive such permits should be revoked, i.e., “permit blocked.” As used herein, the terms “own,” “owner,” or “ownership” and “control” or “controller” shall be defined as set forth in 30 C.F.R. § 701.5.
Applicant Violator System. No direct or indirect owner of the Borrower or the Mine, or person having any operational control of the Mine, or any other Person that could adversely affect the transfer of any of the Borrower’s rights in the Mine is listed on the Applicant Violator System.
Applicant Violator System. No Person identified on the Applicant Violator System shall at any time be an owner of the Borrower or the Mines, or have any operational control of the Mines, or otherwise have any adverse affect on the right of the Borrower to transfer its rights in the Mines.
Applicant Violator System. Each Partner represents and warrants that such Partner, and its officers, shareholders, subsidiaries, affiliates and any other entity that can be attributed to it under the "ownership and control" regulations issued by the Office of Surface Mining (collectively, "Partner Entities") are not currently permit blocked under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 ("SMCRA"). No Partner will allow to exist any violation of SMCRA or any comparable state law at any operation of a Partner Entity that would cause the other Partner or its Partner Entities to be permit blocked. Any Partner Entity which becomes permit blocked under SMCRA or any comparable state law shall provide written notice of such event to the other Partner within five (5) days and shall take any and all actions necessary for the removal of such permit block within twenty (20) days; provided, however, that if the permit block does not then or thereafter adversely affect the other Partner (by permit block or otherwise), the permit blocked entity may contest the permit block in good faith and by appropriate legal proceedings.
