Environmental and Mining Laws definition

Environmental and Mining Laws means any law or regulation concerning (a) the protection of health and safety; (b) environment; (c) any emission or substance which is capable of causing harm to any living organism or the environment, or (d) geological works as well as search for, exploration and exploitation of minerals.
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Environmental and Mining Laws means any applicable federal, provincial, regional, territorial, municipal, county, district or local laws, regulations, directives, policies, orders, bylaws, rules, permits and other lawful requirements of any Governmental Authority or the Civil Code of Québec and all judicial and administrative decisions, orders and decrees that relate in any way to (i) the Environment, (ii) the forest natural resources, (iii) environmental assessment, (iv) public and occupational health and safety, (v) on-site or off-site contamination, Hazardous Substances into the Environment (including, without limitation, the storage, manufacture, processing, labelling, disposal, treatment, generation, use, transport, handling, remediation or Release of Hazardous Substances), or (vi) the environmental conditions on, under or about the Property (including, without limitation, soil, sediments, surface water, groundwater and indoor and ambient air conditions), or (vii) any Mining Operations. “Environmental Liabilities” shall mean any and all claims, actions, causes of action, damages, losses, liabilities, obligations, penalties, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, assessments, costs, disbursements, or expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and costs, experts’ fees and costs, and consultants’ fees and costs) of any kind of any nature whatsoever that are asserted by any person of entity, alleging liability (including, without limitation, liability for study, testing or investigatory costs, cleanup costs, response costs, removal costs, remediation costs, containment costs, restoration costs, corrective action costs, closure costs, reclamation costs, natural resource damages, property damages, business losses, personal injuries, penalties or fines) arising out of, based on or resulting from (i) the presence, release, threatened release, discharge or emission into the Environment of any Hazardous Substances existing or arising on, beneath or above the Property and/or emanating or migrating and/or threatening to emanate or migrate from the Property to off-site properties or (ii) the violation or alleged violation of any Environmental and Mining Laws.
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Environmental and Mining Laws means any applicable federal, provincial, regional, territorial, municipal, county, district or local laws, regulations, directives, policies, orders, bylaws, rules, permits and other lawful requirements of any Governmental Authority or the Civil Code of Québec and all judicial and administrative decisions, orders and decrees that relate in any way to (i) the Environment, (ii) the forest natural resources, (iii) environmental assessment, (iv) public and occupational health and safety, (v) on-site or off-site contamination, Hazardous Substances into the Environment (including, without limitation, the storage, manufacture, processing, labelling, disposal, treatment, generation, use, transport, handling, remediation or Release of Hazardous Substances), or (vi) the environmental conditions on, under or about the Property (including, without limitation, soil, sediments, surface water, groundwater and indoor and ambient air conditions), or (vii) any Mining Operations.
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Examples of Environmental and Mining Laws in a sentence

  • In September 2015, the CLRC submitted a groundbreaking report to the government: Review of Environmental and Mining Laws Relating to the Management and Disposal of Tailings.

  • Each Obligor shall, and shall ensure that each member of the Group shall, comply in all material respects with all laws (including, without limitation, all Environmental and Mining Laws) to which it may be subject.

  • Environmental and Mining Laws, Etc......................................................

  • Subject to Section 6.13, which controls as to all matters relating to Environmental and Mining Laws, none of the Companies nor any of their respective properties or assets is subject to any material outstanding order, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Entity directed to any of the Companies.

  • Except as set forth in Schedule 6.9(a) and subject to Section 6.13, which controls as to all matters relating to Environmental and Mining Laws, none of Sellers or any of the Companies, has received any written communication from a Governmental Entity that alleges that any Company is not in compliance in any material respect with all applicable Laws.

  • Except as set forth in Schedule 6.13(a) and except as would not have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Companies, the Companies are in compliance with Environmental and Mining Laws.


More Definitions of Environmental and Mining Laws

Environmental and Mining Laws means any Law concerning pollution, protection of human health and safety, or the Environment, including testing, monitoring, investigation, restoration, reclamation, preservation or remediation of the Environment, or the presence, use, storage, handling, Release, control, cleanup of or exposure to any Hazardous Materials, and including, without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, SMCRA, the Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, as amended, the Black Lung Benefits Reform Act, and any other applicable mining Laws.
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Related to Environmental and Mining Laws

  • Environmental and Safety Laws means any federal, state or local laws, ordinances, codes, regulations, rules, policies and orders that are intended to assure the protection of the environment, or that classify, regulate, call for the remediation of, require reporting with respect to, or list or define air, water, groundwater, solid waste, hazardous or toxic substances, materials, wastes, pollutants or contaminants, or which are intended to assure the safety of employees, workers or other persons, including the public.

  • Environmental and Safety Requirements means all federal, state, local and foreign statutes, regulations, ordinances and similar provisions having the force or effect of law, all judicial and administrative orders and determinations, all contractual obligations and all common law concerning public health and safety, worker health and safety and pollution or protection of the environment, including all such standards of conduct and bases of obligations relating to the presence, use, production, generation, handling, transport, treatment, storage, disposal, distribution, labeling, testing, processing, discharge, release, threatened release, control, or cleanup of any hazardous materials, substances or wastes, chemical substances or mixtures, pesticides, pollutants, contaminants, toxic chemicals, petroleum products or by-products, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (or PCBs), noise or radiation.

  • Environmental Actions means any complaint, summons, citation, notice, directive, order, claim, litigation, investigation, judicial or administrative proceeding, judgment, letter, or other communication from any Governmental Authority, or any third party involving violations of Environmental Laws or releases of Hazardous Materials from (a) any assets, properties, or businesses of any Borrower or any predecessor in interest, (b) from adjoining properties or businesses, or (c) from or onto any facilities which received Hazardous Materials generated by any Borrower or any predecessor in interest.

  • Environmental Safeguards means the principles and requirements set forth in Chapter V, Appendix 1, and Appendix 4 (as applicable) of the SPS;

  • Environmental Action means any action, suit, demand, demand letter, claim, notice of non-compliance or violation, notice of liability or potential liability, investigation, proceeding, consent order or consent agreement relating in any way to any Environmental Law, Environmental Permit or Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to health, safety or the environment, including, without limitation, (a) by any governmental or regulatory authority for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages and (b) by any governmental or regulatory authority or any third party for damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief.

  • Environmental Harm means serious or material environmental harm or environmental nuisance as defined in the Environmental Protection Xxx 0000 (Qld);

  • Environmental Laws means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

  • Environmental Violation means any activity, occurrence or condition that violates or results in non-compliance with any Environmental Law in any Material respect.

  • Mining Laws means any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, legally-binding guidance, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees or common law causes of action relating to mining operations and activities under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, the Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act or the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, each as amended or its replacement, and their state and local counterparts or equivalents.

  • Environmental Activities means the use, generation, transportation, handling, discharge, production, treatment, storage, release or disposal of any Hazardous Materials at any time to or from any portion of the Premises or located on or present on or under any portion of the Premises.

  • Environmental Requirements means all Laws and requirements relating to human, health, safety or protection of the environment or to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of pollutants, contaminants, or Hazardous Materials in the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata), or otherwise relating to the treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of any Hazardous Materials.

  • Environmental Requirement means any Environmental Law, agreement or restriction, as the same now exists or may be changed or amended or come into effect in the future, which pertains to any Hazardous Material or the environment including ground or air or water or noise pollution or contamination, and underground or aboveground tanks.

  • Environmental requirements means requirements imposed by applicable Federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations, including, without limitation, statutes, ordinances, regulations, court orders, consent decrees, administrative orders, or compliance agreements including the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order, consent orders, permits, and licenses; and

  • Environmental Authority means any foreign, federal, state, local or regional government that exercises any form of jurisdiction or authority under any Environmental Requirement.

  • Environmental Clean-up Site means any location which is listed or proposed for listing on the National Priorities List, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System, or on any similar state list of sites relating to investigation or cleanup, or which is the subject of any pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding, or investigation related to or arising from any location at which there has been a Release or threatened or suspected Release of a Hazardous Material.

  • Environmental Activity means any activity, event or circumstance in respect of a Contaminant, including, without limitation, its storage, use, holding, collection, purchase, accumulation, assessment, generation, manufacture, construction, processing, treatment, stabilization, disposition, handling or transportation, or its Release, escape, leaching, dispersal or migration into the natural environment, including the movement through or in the air, soil (land surface or subsurface strata), surface water or groundwater;

  • Environmental Judgments and Orders means all judgments, decrees or orders arising from or in any way associated with any Environmental Requirements, whether or not entered upon consent or written agreements with an Environmental Authority or other entity arising from or in any way associated with any Environmental Requirement, whether or not incorporated in a judgment, decree or order.

  • Environmental Releases means releases as defined in CERCLA or under any applicable state or local environmental law or regulation.

  • Environmental Agreement means the Environmental Indemnification and Release Agreement of even date herewith by and between Borrower and Lender pertaining to the Property, as the same may from time to time be extended, amended, restated or otherwise modified.

  • Environmental Complaint shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.19(d) hereof.

  • Environmental Matter means any past, present or future activity, event or circumstance in respect of the environment, health or safety including the Release of any Hazardous Substance including any substance which is hazardous to Persons, animals, plants, or which has a detrimental effect on the soil, air or water, or the generation, treatment, storage, use, manufacture, holding, collection, processing, treatment, presence, transportation or disposal of any Hazardous Substances.

  • Environmental, Health and Safety Laws means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, each as amended, together with all other laws (including rules, regulations, codes, plans, injunctions, judgments, orders, decrees, rulings, and charges thereunder) of federal, state, local, and foreign governments (and all agencies thereof) concerning pollution or protection of the environment, public health and safety, or employee health and safety, including laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases, or threatened releases of pollutants, contaminants, or chemical, industrial, hazardous, or toxic materials or wastes into ambient air, surface water, ground water, or lands or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport, or handling of pollutants, contaminants, or chemical, industrial, hazardous, or toxic materials or wastes.

  • Environmental Problem Property A Mortgaged Property or REO Property that is in violation of any environmental law, rule or regulation.

  • Environmental Proceedings means any judicial or administrative proceedings arising from or in any way associated with any Environmental Requirement.

  • Environmental Notices means notice from any Environmental Authority or by any other person or entity, of possible or alleged noncompliance with or liability under any Environmental Requirement, including without limitation any complaints, citations, demands or requests from any Environmental Authority or from any other person or entity for correction of any violation of any Environmental Requirement or any investigations concerning any violation of any Environmental Requirement.

  • Environmental Review means the Federal