Pollutants or Contaminants definition

Pollutants or Contaminants means any solid, liquid, gaseous or thermal irritant or contaminant, including smog, smoke, vapor, soot, fumes, acids, alkalis, chemicals and waste, which after its release can cause or threaten damage to human health or human welfare or causes or threatens damage, deterioration, loss of value, marketability or loss of use to property insured hereunder, including, but not limited to, bacteria, virus, or hazardous substances as listed in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act , Clean Air Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, and Toxic Substances Control Act or as designated by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency. Waste includes materials to be recycled, reconditioned or reclaimed.
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Pollutants or Contaminants means any pollutant, contaminant or irritant, including, without limitation, any solid, liquid, gaseous or thermal pollutant, contaminant or irritant, or any air emission, smoke, vapor, soot, fume, acid, alkali, chemical, or nuclear material alleged to be a possible or probable carcinogenic, odor, oil or other petroleum product, fungus (including mold or mildew or any mycotoxin, spore, scent or byproduct produced or released by fungi, other than any fungi intended by the Insured for human consumption), or “waste” of any kind whatsoever, including solid waste, waste water, waste oil, infectious medical waste, and human, animal or vegetable waste.
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Pollutants or Contaminants means any of the following:
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Examples of Pollutants or Contaminants in a sentence

  • To identify how the proposed project aligns with the goals outlined in EPA's strategic plan, links to the strategic plan can be found in Section 1.C of the RFA.

  • We pay your expenses to extract Pollutants or Contaminants* from land or water if the discharge, dispersal, seepage, migration, release or escape of the Pollutants or Contaminants* is caused by or results from a Covered Peril to Property Covered during the policy period.

  • Except as may be disclosed in the Environmental Assessments, Seller has received no notice of, nor to Seller’s knowledge is there, any current violation or claimed violation of the Property with any law, ordinance, rule or regulation relating to Hazardous Substances, Hazardous Waste, Pollutants or Contaminants.

  • The Lessee shall be responsible for the removal of any Hazardous Substances, Pollutants or Contaminants stored in or on the Leased Premises by Lessee during the term of this Lease and/or if required by any federal, state and/or local laws, rules, regulations and/or orders resulting from the Lessee's use of the Leased Premises.

  • For purposes of this Agreement, "Hazardous Substances" means all substances defined as Hazardous Substances, Oils, Pollutants or Contaminants in the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, 40 C.F.R. ss.

  • We will not pay the costs to test for, monitor or assess the existence, concentration or effects of Pollutants or Contaminants*.

  • Pollutants or Contaminants does not include Fungus, Mold or Spore.

  • This Policy is hereby extended to cover the reasonable and necessary cost for the cleanup, removal and disposal of the actual not suspected presence of Pollutants or Contaminant(s) from any source to Covered Property so as to restore the Covered Property to the same condition as existed prior to loss.

  • Lessee shall immediately notify Lessor, in writing, of any violation or suspected violation of any federal, state and/or local law, rule, regulation and/or order dealing with Hazardous Substances, Pollutants or Contaminants.

  • Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has, and, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, no other Person has, stored any chemical or hazardous substances, including any "Hazardous Substances," "Pollutants" or "Contaminants" (as such terms are defined in CERCLA), asbestos, petroleum products, or polychlorinated biphenyls on, beneath or about any of the owned or leased properties of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in violation of any applicable legal requirements, including any Environmental Laws.


More Definitions of Pollutants or Contaminants

Pollutants or Contaminants means any material, whether solid, liquid, gaseous or otherwise, which can cause or threaten damage to human health or human welfare or causes or threatens damage, deterioration, loss of value, marketability or loss of use to property insured hereunder. “Pollutants or Contaminants” include, but are not limited to, foreign substances, impurities, hazardous materials, poisons, toxins, pathogens or pathogenic organisms, bacteria, virus, and any disease causing or illness causing agents.
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Pollutants or Contaminants means any solid, liquid, gaseous or thermal irritant or contaminant, including smoke, vapor, electric fields, fuels, lead, asbestos, radon, radioactive substances, poisonous biological materials, formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, root, fumes, acids, alkalis, chemicals, and waste. Waste includes materials to be recycled, reconditioned or reclaimed. This does not include smoke from a hostile fire.
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Pollutants or Contaminants means any solid, liquid, gaseous or thermal irritant or contaminant, including smoke, vapor, soot, fumes, acids, alkalis, chemicals and waste, which after its release can cause or threaten damage to human health or human welfare or causes or threatens damage, deterioration, loss of value, marketability or loss of use to property insured hereunder, including, but not limited to, bacteria, virus, or hazardous substances as listed in the Federal Water, Pollution Control Act, Clean Air Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, and Toxic Substances Control Act or as designated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Waste includes materials to be recycled, reconditioned or reclaimed.The Pollutants or Contaminants Exclusion applies to and bars all23 coverages, excepting the Communicable Disease coverage, for JRK’s claimed24 losses.25 JRK contends that the Pollutants or Contaminants Exclusion does not26 apply to its claimed losses.27 Insurers are entitled to declaratory relief that, as the result of the28 Pollutants or Contaminants Exclusion, and excepting the Communicable Disease Case 2:21-cv-05287 Document 1 Filed 06/29/21 Page 22 of 26 Page ID #:22
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Related to Pollutants or Contaminants

  • Contaminants or "pollutants," or words of similar import, under any Environmental Law and (c) any other substance exposure to which is regulated under any Environmental Law.

  • Contaminant means any material, substance or waste that is classified, regulated or otherwise characterized under any Environmental Law as hazardous, toxic, a contaminant or a pollutant or by other words of similar meaning or regulatory effect, including any petroleum or petroleum-derived substance or waste, asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls.

  • Pollutant means any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, sewage, garbage, refuse, oil, grease, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, medical wastes, radioactive substance (except those regulated under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 2011 et seq.)), thermal waste, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, industrial, municipal, agricultural, and construction waste or runoff, or other residue discharged directly or indirectly to the land, ground waters or surface waters of the State, or to a domestic treatment works. “Pollutant” includes both hazardous and nonhazardous pollutants.

  • Gaseous pollutants means the exhaust gas emissions of carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen expressed in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) equivalent and hydrocarbons assuming ratio of:

  • toxic a “pollutant”, a “contaminant”, or words of similar meaning and regulatory effect pursuant to any Environmental Law and also including any petroleum product or by-product, asbestos-containing material, lead-containing paint, mold, polychlorinated biphenyls or radioactive materials.

  • Pollutants of concern or "POC" means total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and total suspended solids.

  • Dangerous Substance means any radioactive emissions and any natural or artificial substance (whether in solid or liquid form or in the form of a gas or vapour and whether alone or in combination with any other substance) which, taking into account the concentrations and quantities present and the manner in which it is being used or handled, it is reasonably foreseeable will cause harm to man or any other living organism or damage to the Environment including any controlled, special, hazardous, toxic, radioactive or dangerous waste.

  • Air contaminant means dust, fumes, mist, smoke, other particulate matter, vapor, gas, odorous substances, or any combination thereof.

  • Toxic Substance includes but is not limited to asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and lead-based paints.

  • Hazardous Materials does not include products or materials that are commonly used in construction or industrial practice so long as they are used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions or Material Safety Data Sheets issued for the product or materials. (See Article 1.6.3 below.)

  • toxic substances as defined by the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended from time to time (“TSCA”), (4) “hazardous materials” as defined by the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended from time to time (“HMTA”), (5) asbestos, oil or other petroleum products, radioactive materials, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, radon gas and transformers or other equipment that contains dielectric fluid containing polychlorinated biphenyls and (6) any substance whose presence is detrimental or hazardous to health or the environment, including, without limitation, microbial or fungal matter or mold, or is otherwise regulated by federal, state and local environmental laws (including, without limitation, RCRA, CERCLA, TSCA, HMTA), rules, regulations and orders, regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning any Hazardous Materials or environmental, health or safety compliance (collectively, “Environmental Requirements”). As used in this Contract: “Release” means spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping or disposing.

  • Hazardous Substance means any chemical, pollutant, waste or substance that is (a) listed, classified or regulated under any Environmental Law as hazardous substance, toxic substance, pollutant, contaminant or oil or (b) any petroleum product or by product, asbestos containing material, polychlorinated biphenyls or radioactive material.

  • Hazardous Substances means pollutants, contaminants, hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, petroleum and fractions thereof, and all other chemicals, wastes, substances and materials listed in, regulated by or identified in any Environmental Law.

  • Counterfeit substance means a controlled substance which, or the container or labeling of which, without authorization, bears the trademark, trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, number or device, or any likeness thereof, of a manufacturer, distributor, or dispenser other than the person who in fact manufactured, distributed, or dispensed the substance.

  • Explosive means a chemical compound, device, or mixture:

  • Hazardous chemical As defined in the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) hazard communication standard (29 CFR 1910.1200), any chemical which is a health hazard or physical hazard. Hazardous Waste. As defined in section 1004 of RCRA. Imminent Danger. Any conditions or practices at a facility which are such that a danger exists which could reasonably be expected to cause immediate death or serious harm to people or immediate significant damage to the environment or natural resources. Spill or Release. As defined in Section 101 of CERCLA.