Environmental Obligations A. Tenant shall not, without Landlord's prior written consent (which consent may be granted or denied in Landlord's sole discretion), install, bring into or release or discharge in, on, under, around, or from the Premises any (i) asbestos-containing materials, (ii) electrical transformers, fluorescent light fixtures with ballasts or other equipment containing PCB's or (iii) materials which constitute hazardous, extremely hazardous or toxic materials under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the California Hazardous Waste Control Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, the California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 or any other applicable law or regulation concerning hazardous or toxic materials, (collectively "Hazardous Substances") and has not done so prior to the effective date of this Lease. Any Hazardous Substances which are used, stored, treated, disposed of or released from the Premises by Tenant or its representatives, agents, employees or invitees, shall be used, stored, treated, released and disposed of in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.
B. If Tenant knows or has reasonable cause to believe that any Hazardous Substance has been released on or beneath the Premises, Tenant shall immediately notify the Berkeley Police Department and the Toxic Management Office and promptly give written notice of same to Landlord. If Tenant knows or has reasonable cause to believe that such substance is an imminent and material danger to public health or safety, Tenant shall take all actions necessary to alleviate such danger. Tenant shall provide to Landlord as promptly as possible, and in any event within five business days after Xxxxxx first receives or sends the same, copies of all claims, reports, complaints, notices, warnings or asserted violations relating in any way to the Premises or Xxxxxx's use thereof and concerning Hazardous Substances. Tenant shall not negotiate or enter into any settlement agreement, consent decree or other compromise in respect of Hazardous Substances affecting the Premises or the Premises without first giving Landlord prior written notice and full opportunity to appear, intervene or otherwise protect Xxxxxxxx's rights and interests.
C. Without limitation of the provisions of Section 14 hereof, Tenant shall indemnify, defend and hold Landlord and its affiliates harmless from any and all claims, judgments, damages, penalties, fines, costs, liabilities or losses which arise during or after the term of this Lease as a result of the handling of Hazardous Substances on the Premises, or Aquatic Park by Tenant, its agents or invitees, including without limitation, all costs of monitoring, investigating, and remediation of the same, damages for diminution in the value of the Premises, 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 any such space and sums paid in settlement of claims, attorneys' fees, consultant fees and expert fees. This indemnification by Tenant includes, but is not limited to, costs incurred in connection with any investigation of site conditions or any clean-up, remediation, removal or restoration work requested by Landlord or required by any federal, state or local governmental agency or political subdivision because of Hazardous Substance present in the soil or groundwater in, on or under the Premises or in any improvements. Without limiting the foregoing, if the presence of any Hazardous Substance in, on, under or about the Premises caused or permitted by Tenant results in any contamination of the Premises or Aquatic Park, Tenant, at its sole expense, promptly shall take all action that is necessary to return the Premises to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Substance in, on, under or about the Premises; provided that Landlord's approval of such actions shall first be obtained, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld so long as such actions could not potentially have any material adverse effect upon the Premises. Tenant's obligations under this Section 21.C. shall survive the expiration or termination of this Lease.
Disputed Amounts 28.1.1 If any portion of an amount due to a Party (the “Billing Party”) under this Agreement is subject to a bona fide dispute between the Parties, the Party billed (the “Non-Paying Party”) shall, prior to the Xxxx Due Date, give written notice to the Billing Party of the amounts it disputes (“Disputed Amounts”) and include in such written notice the specific details and reasons for disputing each item; provided, however, a failure to provide such notice by that date shall not preclude a Party from subsequently challenging billed charges provided that such charges were paid. The Non-Paying Party shall pay when due all undisputed amounts to the Billing Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as provided in Section 28.2, a Party shall be entitled to dispute only those charges for which the Date was within the immediately preceding eighteen (18) months of the date on which the other Party received notice of such Disputed Amounts.
28.1.2 If the Non-Paying Party disputes charges and the dispute is resolved in favor of such Non-Paying Party, the Billing Party shall credit the invoice of the Non-Paying Party for the amount of the Disputed Amounts along with any applicable late payment charges no later than the second Xxxx Due Date after the resolution of the Dispute. Accordingly, if a Non-Paying Party disputes charges and the dispute is resolved in favor of the Billing Party, the Non-Paying Party shall pay the Billing Party the amount of the Disputed Amounts and any associated late payment charges no later than the second Xxxx Due Date after the resolution of the Dispute. Late payment charges shall be assessed as set forth in Section 27.8.
28.1.3 If the Parties are unable to resolve the issues related to the Disputed Amounts in the normal course of business within sixty (60) days after delivery to the Billing Party of notice of the Disputed Amounts, each of the Parties shall appoint a designated representative who has authority to settle the Dispute and who is at a higher level of management than the persons with direct responsibility for administration of this Agreement. The designated representatives shall meet as often as they reasonably deem necessary in order to discuss the Dispute and negotiate in good faith in an effort to resolve such Dispute. The specific format for such discussions will be left to the discretion of the designated representatives; however all reasonable requests for relevant information made by one Party to the other Party shall be honored.
28.1.4 If the Parties are unable to resolve issues related to the Disputed Amounts within forty-five (45) days after the Parties' appointment of designated representatives pursuant to Section 28.3, then either Party may file a complaint with the Commission to resolve such issues or proceed with any other remedy pursuant to law or equity. The Commission or the FCC may direct payment of any or all Disputed Amounts (including any accrued interest) thereon or additional amounts awarded, plus applicable late fees, to be paid to either Party.
28.1.5 The Parties agree that all negotiations pursuant to this Section 28.1 shall remain confidential in accordance with Article XX and shall be treated as compromise and settlement negotiations for purposes of the Federal Rules of Evidence and state rules of evidence.
