Common use of Environmental Indemnification – Airports Authority Clause in Contracts

Environmental Indemnification – Airports Authority. The Airports Authority agrees to indemnify, save, and hold harmless the Contractor from and against all removal, remediation, containment, and other costs arising in connection with the Airports Authority’s Environmental Responsibilities. Such costs shall include but not be limited to: (1) claims of third parties, including governmental agencies, for damage, response costs, injunctions, or other relief; (2) the cost, expense, or loss to the Contractor; (3) the expense, including fees of attorneys, engineers, consultants, paralegals, and experts, of reporting to any agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia or the United States as required by applicable environmental laws and responding to the existence of said Hazardous Materials; and (4) any and all expenses or obligations, including fees of attorneys’ engineers, consultants, and paralegals, incurred at, before, and after any trial or appeal therefrom or any administrative proceeding or appeal therefrom, whether or not taxable as costs, including, without limitation, attorneys’ and paralegal fees, witness fees (expert and otherwise), deposition costs, copying and telephone charges, and other expenses, all of which shall be paid by the Airports Authority promptly after the Contractor incurs the obligation to pay such amounts. Such damages, costs, liabilities, and expenses shall include those claimed to be owed by any regulating and administering agency. As used in this Article, the Premises shall be deemed to include the soil and water table thereof.

Environmental Indemnification – Airports Authority. ‌ The Airports Authority agrees to indemnify, save, and hold harmless the Contractor from and against all removal, remediation, containment, and other costs arising in connection with the Airports Authority’s Environmental Responsibilities. Such costs shall include but not be limited to: (1) claims of third parties, including governmental agencies, for damage, response costs, injunctions, or other relief; (2) the cost, expense, or loss to the Contractor; (3) the expense, including fees of attorneys, engineers, consultants, paralegals, and experts, of reporting to any agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia or the United States as required by applicable environmental laws and responding to the existence of said Hazardous Materials; and (4) any and all expenses or obligations, including fees of attorneys’ engineers, consultants, and paralegals, incurred at, before, and after any trial or appeal therefrom or any administrative proceeding or appeal therefrom, whether or not taxable as costs, including, without limitation, attorneys’ and paralegal fees, witness fees (expert and otherwise), deposition costs, copying and telephone charges, and other expenses, all of which shall be paid by the Airports Authority promptly after the Contractor incurs the obligation to pay such amounts. Such damages, costs, liabilities, and expenses shall include those claimed to be owed by any regulating and administering agency. As used in this Article, the Premises shall be deemed to include the soil and water table thereof.