Compliance with Laws, Permits and Agreements. (a) Conservancy shall comply with all federal, state and local laws, ordinances, regulations, permits and orders now in force or enacted or promulgated hereafter (individually, a “Law”; collectively, “Laws”) that are related to the performance of the Management Services as set forth in Exhibit A and Exhibit B, including but not limited to, (i) the approved Final HMMP and Final LTPMP, (ii) the NCCP implemented among County and local governments and various natural resource agencies and landowners to protect various plant and wildlife communities and to which the County is a signatory, (iii) the Federal Endangered Species Act, (iv) the California Endangered Species Act, (v) any applicable conservation easements, (v) any Law (in each case, a “Hazardous Materials Law”) concerning wastes, materials, chemicals or other substances (whether in the form of liquids, solids or gases, and whether or not airborne) that are ignitable, reactive, corrosive, toxic or radioactive, or that are deemed to be pollutants, contaminants or hazardous or toxic substances under or pursuant to any law, or that are to any extent regulated by, form the basis of liability under or are otherwise under the authority of any Law (in each case, a “Hazardous Material”), and (vi) any existing or future ordinance promulgated by County relating to its ownership of lands in which the Management Services are performed.
(b) Conservancy shall not take any action or fail to act that may cause any portion of the lands in which the Management Services are performed to be in violation of any Law, including but not limited to any Hazardous Materials Law. Conservancy shall use its best efforts to notify County promptly, in writing of any suspected violation of any Law or Hazardous Materials Law with respect to the land owned by County of which it becomes aware, it being understood that Conservancy has no obligation to research any such matters or investigate to discover any such suspected violations, or to provide County with any form of legal advice, and that the intent of this provision is to ensure that Conservancy informs County in writing, in a timely manner of suspected violations of Laws with respect to the lands owned by County of which Conservancy actually becomes aware.
(c) Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to create in or give to Conservancy: (1) the obligations or liabilities of an “owner” or “operator” as those words are defined and used in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, ...
