Environmental Considerations A. Company, its officers, agents, servants, employees, invitees, independent contractors, successors, and assigns will not discharge or spill any Hazardous Substance, as defined herein, into any component of the storm drainage system or onto any paved or unpaved area within the boundaries of the Premises. In addition, Company will not discharge or spill any Hazardous Substance into any component of the sanitary sewer system without first neutralizing or treating same as required by applicable anti-pollution laws or ordinances, in a manner satisfactory to Authority and other public bodies, federal, state, or local, having jurisdiction over or responsibility for the prevention of pollution of canals, streams, rivers, and other bodies of water. Company’s discharge, spill or introduction of any Hazardous Substance onto the Premises or into any component of Authority’s sanitary or storm drainage systems will, if not remedied by Company with all due dispatch, at the sole discretion of Authority, be deemed a default and cause for termination of this Agreement by Authority, subject to notice and cure. Such termination will not relieve Company of or from liability for such discharge or spill.
B. If Company is deemed to be a generator of hazardous waste, as defined by federal, state, or local law, Company will obtain a generator identification number from the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the appropriate generator permit and will comply with all federal, state, and local laws, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including but not limited to, ensuring that the transportation, storage, handling, and disposal of such hazardous wastes are conducted in full compliance with applicable law.
C. Company agrees to provide Authority, within 10 days after Authority’s request, copies of all hazardous waste permit application documentation, permits, monitoring reports, transportation, responses, storage and disposal plans, material safety data sheets and waste disposal manifests prepared or issued in connection with Company’s use of the Premises.
D. At the end of the Agreement, Company will dispose of all solid and hazardous wastes and containers in compliance with all applicable regulations. Copies of all waste manifests will be provided to Authority at least 30 days prior to the end of the Agreement.
Environmental and Social Standards 1. The Project Implementing Entity shall ensure that its Respective Part of the Project is carried out in accordance with the Environmental and Social Standards, in a manner acceptable to the Bank.
2. Without limitation upon paragraph 1 above, the Project Implementing Entity shall ensure that its Respective Part of the Project is implemented in accordance with the respective Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (“ESCP”), in a manner acceptable to the Bank. To this end, the Project Implementing Entity shall ensure that:
(a) the measures and actions specified in the respective ESCP are implemented with due diligence and efficiency, and provided in the respective ESCP;
(b) sufficient funds are available to cover the costs of implementing the respective ESCP;
(c) policies and procedures are maintained, and qualified and experienced staff in adequate numbers are retained to implement the respective ESCP, as provided in the respective ESCP; and
(d) the respective ESCP, or any provision thereof, is not amended, repealed, suspended or waived, except as the Bank shall otherwise agree in writing, as specified in the respective ESCP, and ensure that the revised respective ESCP is disclosed promptly thereafter.
3. In case of any inconsistencies between the respective ESCP and the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.
4. The Project Implementing Entity shall ensure that:
(a) all measures necessary are taken to collect, compile, and furnish to the Bank through regular reports, with the frequency specified in the respective ESCP, and promptly in a separate report or reports, if so requested by the Bank, information on the status of compliance with the respective ESCP and the environmental and social instruments referred to therein, all such reports in form and substance acceptable to the Bank, setting out, inter alia: (i) the status of implementation of the respective ESCP; (ii) conditions, if any, which interfere or threaten to interfere with the implementation of the respective ESCP; and (iii) corrective and preventive measures taken or required to be taken to address such conditions; and
(b) the Bank is promptly notified of any incident or accident related to or having an impact on the Project which has, or is likely to have, a significant adverse effect on the environment, the affected communities, the public or workers, including, in accordance with the respective ESCP, the environmental and social instruments referenced therein and the Environmental and Social Standards.
5. The Project Implementing Entity shall establish, publicize, maintain and operate an accessible grievance mechanism, to receive and facilitate resolution of concerns and grievances of Project-affected people, and take all measures necessary and appropriate to resolve, or facilitate the resolution of, such concerns and grievances, in a manner acceptable to the Bank.
6. The Project Implementing Entity shall ensure that all bidding documents and contracts for civil works under its Respective Part of the Project include the obligation of contractors, subcontractors and supervising entities to: (a) comply with the relevant aspects of the respective ESCP and the environmental and social instruments referred to therein; and (b) adopt and enforce codes of conduct that should be provided to and signed by all workers, detailing measures to address environmental, social, health and safety risks, and the risks of sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment and violence against children, all as applicable to such civil works commissioned or carried out pursuant to said contracts.
Environmental and Social Safeguards (a) The Borrower, through PMD, shall ensure that each Sub-Project is prepared, implemented and monitored in accordance with the Implementation Guidelines for Social and Environmental Safeguards, which form a supplement to the Operations Manual, and all guidelines and checklists set out therein, including those specifically provided for Indigenous Peoples and land donation, and the Negative List.
(b) In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Implementation Guidelines for Social and Environmental Safeguards and those of this Agreement, the latter shall prevail.
2. The Borrower, through PMD, shall apply the section of the Implementation Guidelines for Social and Environmental Safeguards in each Sub-Project that may affect Indigenous Peoples, in a manner to ensure that the Sub-Project shall:
(a) avoid, and, if not possible, minimize cultural, social and economic adverse effects on Indigenous Peoples, caused or likely to be caused by the Project, by taking appropriate mitigating measures; and
(b) through a process of free, prior and informed participation, involve concerned Indigenous Peoples in the design and implementation of Sub- projects in which such people reside or make their living and design and implement measures so as to ensure that the benefits received by the Indigenous Peoples under the Project are in harmony with their economic, social and cultural preferences, and likely to protect their customary user rights and reduce, mitigate and offset any adverse impacts of Sub-projects.
3. The Borrower, through PMD, shall ensure that the proceeds of Kecamatan Grants shall not be used to finance the acquisition of land or compensation for involuntary resettlement and that no Sub-Project shall require or permit the involuntary acquisition of land or involuntary resettlement. The Borrower, through PMD, shall ensure that in any Sub-Project involving land donation, the planning and verification procedures for land donation (voluntary donation and donation with compensation) set out in the Implementation Guidelines for Social and Environmental Safeguards shall have been followed and documented in a manner satisfactory to the Bank and PMD prior to the commencement of the Sub-Project.
4. The Borrower shall ensure that the proceeds of the Loan are not used to finance any activities or materials on the Negative List as set out in Section A.2 of Annex 1 to this Schedule 2.
5. Without limiting the obligations under Section II.A of this Schedule 2, the Borrower shall include in each Project Report: (a) information on the status of compliance with the Implementation Guidelines for Social and Environmental Safeguards; (b) details of measures taken for each Sub-Project in the implementation of such guidelines; (c) conditions, if any, in any Sub-Project which interfere or threaten to interfere with the implementation of such guidelines; and (d) remedial measures taken or required to be taken to address such conditions.
Environmental and Safety Matters (a) Except as set forth in Section (i) of the ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEDULE, the Company has complied with and is currently in compliance in all material respects with all Environmental and Safety Requirements the non-compliance with which will or threatens to impose a material liability on the Company, and the Company has not received any oral or written notice, report or information regarding any liabilities (whether accrued, absolute, contingent, unliquidated or otherwise) or any corrective, investigatory or remedial obligations arising under Environmental and Safety Requirements which relate to the Company or any of its properties or facilities.
(b) Except as set forth in Section (ii) of the ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEDULE, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company has obtained and complied with, and is currently in compliance in all material respects with, all material permits, licenses and other authorizations that are required pursuant to any Environmental and Safety Requirements for the occupancy of its properties or facilities or the operation of its businesses.
(c) Except as set forth in Section (iii) of the ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEDULE, neither this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall impose any obligations on the Company for site investigation or cleanup, or notification to or consent of any government agencies or third parties under any Environmental and Safety Requirements (including, without limitation, any so called "transaction-triggered" or "responsible property transfer" laws and regulations).
(d) Except as set forth in Section (iv) of the ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEDULE, none of the following exists at any property or facility owned, occupied or operated by the Company:
(1) underground storage tanks or surface impoundments;
(2) asbestos-containing materials friable; or
(3) materials or equipment containing friable polychlorinated biphenyls.
(e) Except as set forth in Section (v) of the ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEDULE, the Company has not treated, stored, disposed of, arranged for or permitted the disposal of, transported, handled or Released any Hazardous Materials, or owned, occupied or operated any facility or property, so as to give rise to liabilities of the Company for response costs, natural resource damages or attorneys fees pursuant to CERCLA or any -38- other Environmental and Safety Requirements.
(f) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the knowledge of the Company, no facts, events or conditions relating to the past or present properties, facilities or operations of the Company shall prevent, hinder or limit in any material respect continued compliance with Environmental and Safety Requirements, give rise to any corrective, investigatory or remedial obligations pursuant to Environmental and Safety Requirements or give rise to any other liabilities (whether accrued, absolute, contingent, unliquidated or otherwise) pursuant to Environmental and Safety Requirements (including, without limitation, those liabilities relating to onsite or offsite Releases or threatened Releases of Hazardous Materials, substances or wastes, personal injury, property damage or natural resources damage).
(g) Except as set forth in Section (vii) of the ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEDULE, the Company has not, either expressly or by operation of law, assumed or undertaken any liability or corrective, investigatory or remedial obligation of any other Person relating to any Environmental and Safety Requirements.
(h) No Environmental Lien has attached to any property owned, leased or operated by the Company.
Environmental Report Prior to the Closing, the Company shall (i) provide to Purchaser a letter from the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality ("DEQ") stating that no further investigation or remediation will be required by DEQ related to the two fuel oil underground storage tanks formerly located at KOLN-TV, Lincoln, Nebraska and noted in Section 4.7 of the Environmental Report related to KOLN-TV (the "Former USTs"), or (ii) cause, at its sole cost and expense, Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx or such other environmental consultant as shall be reasonably acceptable to Purchaser (the "Environmental Consultant") to perform an investigation, consistent with applicable state regulations (the "Investigation"), of the area surrounding the Former USTs to determine if contamination from the Former USTs is present. In the event actionable levels of contamination related to the Former USTs are detected by such Investigation, the Stockholders may, at their sole discretion, elect to cause the Company to remediate the identified contamination in compliance with applicable state regulations (the "Remedial Action"). In the event the Stockholders do not make such election or the Remedial Action is not completed on or prior to the Closing Date, then the Purchase Price shall be reduced by the amount determined by the Environmental Consultant to be reasonably necessary to complete the Remedial Action. The Company shall keep the Purchaser reasonably apprised of the status of any Investigation or Remedial Action by providing the Purchaser with Material documents and information relating to the performance of the Investigation and Remedial Action. Prior to the Closing, the Company shall further cause Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx or the Environmental Consultant to visually observe the towers located in Beaver Crossing and Heartwell, Nebraska and provide a letter report summarizing such observations to Purchaser and the Company. The Environmental Consultant's costs to conduct such visual observations shall be paid equally by the Stockholders and Purchaser. Such letter report shall state that no condition exists with respect to the assets currently owned, leased, operated, or controlled by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries that has resulted in, or would reasonably be expected to result in, any violation of an Environmental Law, any Environmental Claim, or in any Liability relating to an Environmental Matter. Such report shall include an estimate of the total cost of remedying any such condition reported therein. In the event such letter report indicates that such a condition exists, the Stockholders shall remedy such condition to Purchaser's reasonable satisfaction within ninety (90) days after the date of the Stockholders' receipt of the final draft of the letter report. If such condition cannot be remedied to Purchaser's reasonable satisfaction within ninety (90) days, the Purchase Price shall be reduced by the amount determined by Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx or the Environmental Consultant to be reasonably necessary to remedy such condition.
Environmental Assessments Foreclose on or take a deed or title to any commercial real estate without first conducting a Phase I environmental assessment of the property or foreclose on any commercial real estate if such environmental assessment indicates the presence of a Hazardous Substance in amounts which, if such foreclosure were to occur, would be material.
Environmental Reports Lender shall have received an environmental report in respect of the Property, in each case reasonably satisfactory to Lender.
Environmental and Safety Laws To its knowledge, the Company is not in violation of any applicable statute, law or regulation relating to the environment or occupational health and safety, and to its knowledge, no material expenditures are or will be required in order to comply with any such existing statute, law or regulation.
Environmental Assessment Buyer shall have the right for a period commencing upon execution of this Agreement by both parties and ending on November 28, 2012, to conduct an environmental assessment of the Assets, at Buyer’s sole risk, liability and expense. Seller shall make available to Buyer, during the environmental assessment period described above, Seller’s historical files regarding prior operations on the Assets, and provide Buyer and its representatives with reasonable access to the Assets to conduct the environmental assessment. Buyer shall provide Seller three (3) days prior written notice of a desired date(s) for such assessment and Seller shall have the right to be present during any assessment and, if any testing is conducted pursuant to Seller’s express prior written consent, Seller may require splitting of all samples. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, Buyer shall not have the right to drill any test, monitor or other xxxxx or to extract samples of any air, soil, water or other substance from the Assets without Seller’s express prior written consent. If Buyer proposes a reasonable request to drill a test well or extract a sample pursuant to a systematic and customary procedure for the assessment of the environmental condition of the Assets and Seller refuses to grant its consent to such a well or sampling, then Buyer shall have the right, for a period of seventy-two (72) hours following notification of Seller’s refusal to consent, to deliver written notice to Seller of Buyer’s election to exclude from this transaction the portion of the Assets affected by such proposed test well or sample, and the Purchase Price shall be adjusted accordingly by the Allocated Value of such portion of the Assets so excluded. Under no circumstances whatsoever shall Seller ever be obligated to grant its consent to any such test xxxxx or sampling proposed by Buyer, and Buyer’s sole and exclusive remedy for any refusal by Seller to grant its consent shall be the limited right contained in the preceding sentence to exclude the affected Assets from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. If Buyer fails to exercise the right to exclude such Assets by written notice to Seller delivered prior to the expiration of the seventy-two hour period described above, then Buyer shall be conclusively deemed to have waived such right and shall be obligated to purchase the affected Assets without conducting such testing or sampling or any adjustment of the Purchase Price unless otherwise provided in this Agreement.
Environmental Audits There are no environmental audits, evaluations, assessments, studies or tests relating to the Corporation except for ongoing assessments conducted by or on behalf of the Corporation in the ordinary course.