Identified Environmental Liability definition

Identified Environmental Liability means Environmental Liabilities arising out of those matters described in Section 3.20(b) of the Disclosure Schedule.
Identified Environmental Liability means (i) any matter identified in Section 2.17 of the Disclosure Schedule or (ii) any matter that is placed on the "Environmental Remediation and Compliance Schedule" by the mutual agreement of IR and FRC prior to the Closing (pursuant to the process set forth in Sections 6.15(b) and 6.15(c) below), to which Sellers retain liability to the extent provided in this Section 6.15, and as to which Sellers shall indemnify Buyers Indemnified Persons, subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 6.15 and in Article VIII. The matters that will be placed on the Environmental Remediation and Compliance Schedule will be matters that are determined, pursuant to the process set forth in this Section 6.15, to constitute either (A) violations of Environmental Law (as in effect as of the Closing Date), or (B) Releases of any Hazardous Material into the environment, including Releases relating to the treatment, disposal or arranging for disposal of Hazardous Materials on or prior to the Closing Date by or on behalf of a member of the Dresser-Rand Group at any Leased Real Property or Owned Real Property ("On-site Contamination"), or at any location not owned or leased by a member of the Dresser-Rand Group ("Off-site Contamination"), and which, in either case (A) or (B), (1) require any response action (including investigation, monitoring, cleanup, remediation, or related activities (each, a "Response Action")) under Environmental Law (as in effect as of the Closing Date), (2) are the subject of a Response Action required by a Governmental Authority pursuant to any Environmental Law (as in effect as of the Closing Date), or (3) if known to the Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the matter, would be matters with respect to which such Governmental Authority would be expected to require Response Action pursuant to any Environmental Law (as in effect as of the Closing Date). Immaterial inaccuracies in the description of any such matter shall not constitute a defense to any indemnification claim therefor by Indemnified Persons against Sellers as provided herein.
Identified Environmental Liability means (i) those matters listed in Section 6.13 of the Disclosure Schedule and (ii) any action, event, circumstance or condition related to the Partnership Group or any of their owned or operated properties that constitutes either a violation of Environmental Law or a Release of any Hazardous Material into the environment which requires any response action under Environmental Law or by a government agency and that, in either case, is also identified in any report prepared by or for the Buyers of any environmental site assessment conducted pursuant to paragraph (b) below.

Examples of Identified Environmental Liability in a sentence

  • Buyers agree that any Remedial Action relating to an Identified Environmental Liability shall be subject to indemnification hereunder only to the extent such Remedial Action shall: (i) be the least costly alternative acceptable to governmental 40 35 authorities; (ii) be based upon non-residential (as opposed to residential) standards; and (iii) not exceed any applicable requirements of Environmental Laws in effect on the date of such Remedial Action.

  • Either of an Identified Environmental Liability or an Unidentified Environmental Liability.


More Definitions of Identified Environmental Liability

Identified Environmental Liability means Environmental Liabilities arising out of those matters described in Section 3.20(b) of the Disclosure Schedule. “Indebtedness” means (i) all obligations for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other instruments, (iii) allobligations under any hedging or swap obligation or other similar arrangement, (iv) all obligations (other than operating leases) secured by a Lien on Purchased Assets or Assets of a Purchased Subsidiary, other than a Lien described in clause (i), (iii) or (iv) of the definition of Permitted Liens, (v) all obligations for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business), (vi) all commitments by which a Person assures a creditor against loss (including contingent reimbursement obligations regarding letters of credit), (vii) all obligations under capitalized leases, (viii) allguarantees (other than product warranties made in the ordinary course of business), including guarantees of any items set forth in clauses (i) through (vii), and (ix) all outstanding prepayment premiums, if any, and accrued 5 interest, fees and expenses related to any of the items set forth in clauses (i) through (ix).

Related to Identified Environmental Liability

  • Excluded Environmental Liabilities means any and all Environmental Liabilities whether arising before, at or after the Effective Time, to the extent relating to, resulting from, or arising out of the past, present or future operation, conduct or actions of Xxxxxxx Retained Business.

  • Material Environmental Liabilities means Environmental Liabilities exceeding $500,000 in the aggregate.

  • Lender’s Environmental Liability means any and all losses, liabilities, obligations, penalties, claims, litigation, demands, defenses, costs, judgments, suits, proceedings, damages (including consequential damages), disbursements or expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys’ fees at trial and appellate levels and experts’ fees and disbursements and expenses incurred in investigating, defending against or prosecuting any litigation, claim or proceeding) which may at any time be imposed upon, incurred by or asserted or awarded against the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuer or any of such Person’s Affiliates, shareholders, directors, officers, employees, and agents in connection with or arising from:

  • Assumed Environmental Liabilities has the meaning specified in Section 7.4.

  • Retained Environmental Liabilities means all Environmental Liabilities of Seller or its Affiliates arising out of or relating to operations or activities that are not primarily related to the Business, whether arising or related to the period before or after Closing.

  • Environmental Liability means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

  • Environmental Liabilities means all liabilities, monetary obligations, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts, or consultants, and costs of investigation and feasibility studies), fines, penalties, sanctions, and interest incurred as a result of any claim or demand, or Remedial Action required, by any Governmental Authority or any third party, and which relate to any Environmental Action.

  • Environmental Liabilities and Costs means all liabilities, monetary obligations, Remedial Actions, losses, damages, punitive damages, consequential damages, treble damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts, or consultants, and costs of investigation and feasibility studies), fines, penalties, sanctions, and interest incurred as a result of any claim or demand by any Governmental Authority or any third party, and which relate to any Environmental Action.

  • Covered Environmental Losses means all environmental losses, damages, liabilities, claims, demands, causes of action, judgments, settlements, fines, penalties, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, costs and expenses of any Environmental Activity, court costs and reasonable attorney’s and experts’ fees) of any and every kind or character, by reason of or arising out of:

  • Pre-Closing Environmental Liabilities means all environmental conditions at or arising from operations at the Owned Real Property at any time prior to the Closing Date, irrespective of the date of its discovery, including arising as a result of the presence or any Release of any Hazardous Substance on, at, under or migrating onto or from the Owned Real Property, including any environmental conditions on, at, under or migrating onto or from the Owned Real Property in Schedule 1.1(3).

  • Applicable Environmental Law means any Law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, order or determination of any Governmental Authority or any board of fire underwriters (or other body exercising similar functions), affecting any real or personal property owned, operated or leased by any Credit Party or any other operation of any Credit Party in any way pertaining to health, safety or the environment, including all applicable zoning ordinances and building codes, flood disaster Laws and health, safety and environmental Laws and regulations, and further including (a) the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (as amended from time to time, herein referred to as “CERCLA”), (b) the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended by the Used Oil Recycling Act of 1980, the Solid Waste Recovery Act of 1976, as amended by the Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1980, and the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (as amended from time to time, herein referred to as “RCRA”), (c) the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, (d) the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, (e) the Clean Air Act, as amended, (f) the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, (g) the Laws, rules and regulations of any state having jurisdiction over any real or personal property owned, operated or leased by any credit Party or any other operation of any Credit Party which relates to health, safety or the environment, as each may be amended from time to time, and (h) any federal, state or municipal Laws, ordinances or regulations which may now or hereafter require removal of asbestos or other hazardous wastes or impose any liability related to asbestos or other hazardous wastes. The terms “hazardous substance”, “petroleum”, “release” and “threatened release” have the meanings specified in CERCLA, and the terms “solid waste” and “disposal” (or “disposed”) have the meanings specified in RCRA; provided that, in the event either CERCLA or RCRA is amended so as to broaden the meaning of any term defined thereby, such broader meaning shall apply subsequent to the effective date of such amendment with respect to all provisions of this Agreement; provided further that, to the extent the Laws of the state in which any real or personal property owned, operated or leased by any Credit Party is located establish a meaning for “hazardous substance”, “petroleum”, “release”, “solid waste” or “disposal” which is broader than that specified in either CERCLA or RCRA, such broader meaning shall apply in so far as such broader meaning is applicable to the real or personal property owned, operated or leased by any such Credit Party and located in such state.

  • Adverse Environmental Condition shall refer to (i) the existence or the continuation of the existence, of an Environmental Emission (including, without limitation, a sudden or non-sudden accidental or non-accidental Environmental Emission), of, or exposure to, any substance, chemical, material, pollutant, Contaminant, odor or audible noise or other release or emission in, into or onto the environment (including, without limitation, the air, ground, water or any surface) at, in, by, from or related to any Equipment, (ii) the environmental aspect of the transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of materials in connection with the operation of any Equipment or (iii) the violation, or alleged violation of any statutes, ordinances, orders, rules regulations, permits or licenses of, by or from any governmental authority, agency or court relating to environmental matters connected with any Equipment.

  • Environmental Claim means any investigation, notice, notice of violation, claim, action, suit, proceeding, demand, abatement order or other order or directive (conditional or otherwise), by any Governmental Authority or any other Person, arising (i) pursuant to or in connection with any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law; (ii) in connection with any Hazardous Material or any actual or alleged Hazardous Materials Activity; or (iii) in connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to health, safety, natural resources or the environment.

  • Applicable Environmental Laws means any applicable federal, state, or local government law (including common law), statute, rule, regulation, ordinance, permit, license, requirement, agreement or approval, or any applicable determination, judgment, injunction, directive, prohibition or order of any governmental authority with jurisdiction at any level of federal, state, or local government, relating to pollution or protection of the environment, ecology, natural resources, or public health or safety.

  • Insured Environmental Event As defined in Section 3.07(d).

  • Material Environmental Amount an amount payable by the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries in excess of $5,000,000 for remedial costs, compliance costs, compensatory damages, punitive damages, fines, penalties or any combination thereof.

  • 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 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.

  • Material of Environmental Concern means and includes pollutants, --------------------------------- contaminants, hazardous wastes, and toxic, radioactive, caustic or otherwise hazardous substances, including petroleum, its derivatives, by-products and other hydrocarbons, or any substance having any constituent elements displaying any of the foregoing characteristics.

  • 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 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 Lien means any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for Environmental Liabilities and Costs.

  • Environmental Contamination means the introduction or presence of Hazardous Materials at such levels, quantities or location, or of such form or character, as to constitute a violation of federal, state or local laws or regulations, and present a material risk under federal, state or local laws and regulations that the Premises will not be available or usable for the purposes contemplated by this Agreement.

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

  • Processes with Significant Environmental Aspects means the Equipment which, during regular operation or if not properly operated or maintained, may cause or are likely to cause an adverse effect.

  • Requirements of Environmental Law means all requirements imposed by any law (including for example and without limitation The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act), rule, regulation, or order of any federal, state or local executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative agency, board or authority in effect at the applicable time which relate to (i) noise; (ii) pollution, protection or clean-up of the air, surface water, ground water or land; (iii) solid, gaseous or liquid waste generation, treatment, storage, disposal or transportation; (iv) exposure to Hazardous Substances; (v) the safety or health of employees or (vi) regulation of the manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, use, discharge or storage of Hazardous Substances.