Spill Event definition

Spill Event means any actual or threatened Discharge (whether of Oil, Hazardous Substances or other substances) into or threatening waters or adjoining shorelines, including requests to standby for transfer (i.e., “Average Most Probable Discharge”) and other similar operations.

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Spill Event means an event or series of related events involving an oil spill or Release of oil into the environment (e.g., the Deepwater Horizon matter including the explosion and subsequent fire on the Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit drilling for BP p.l.c., the resulting oil spill, and all the emergency response and clean-up related to the explosion, fire and oil spill).

Spill Event means a discharge of oil into or upon the navigable waters of the United States or adjoining shorelines in harmful quantities, as defined at 40 CFR Part 110.

Examples of Spill Event in a sentence

• Except as provided below or as otherwise directed or permitted by the Covered Entity, MSRC will maintain as confidential all information that (i) MSRC obtains from any Covered Entity, MSRC Subcontractor or other subcontractor participating in the Spill Event on behalf of the Covered Entity and (ii) the Covered Entity reasonably designates as confidential.

• A Covered Entity may name MSRC in the WSMC Umbrella Plan as a contracted resource in the WSMC Operational Area for a Covered Facility or Covered Vessel (named in the most current list provided under Section 6.03) only for those capabilities under Section 6.01 and only for an Oil Spill Event under the conditions described in Section 2.01, as applicable.

• Upon request by a Covered Entity and consent of the MSRC Subcontractor, MSRC will assign the rights and obligations of MSRC under the subcontractor contract with respect to that Spill Event to the Covered Entity (except for MSRC Integral Subcontractors whose contracts are not assignable).

• The Resources provided under this Agreement will be used only for the Spill Event or exercise for which they were requested.

• In addition, MSRC will provide to the Covered Entity periodically MSRC’s good faith estimate of the total costs (including demobilization costs) of Resources being provided for a Spill Event under this Agreement.

• Oil Spill Event outside WSMC Operational Area or Not Involving a Covered Facility or Covered Vessel.

• If at any time Responder Immunity is not available for a Spill Event, MSRC may withdraw, or decline to provide, MSRC Response Personnel or any Resources requiring such MSRC Response Personnel, unless other arrangements acceptable to MSRC in its sole discretion are made to offset any additional legal and financial risk that may result.

• In addition to the right of the Covered Entity to terminate the provision of Resources pursuant to Section 11.02, the COMPANY may terminate this Agreement in its entirety, including, as a consequence of such termination, the termination of all Resources then being provided to a Spill Event, at any time by providing MSRC with at least sixty (60) days written notice.

• In any event, MSRC's officers also may respond to unsolicited inquiries by giving factual information about the activities of MSRC and MSRC Subcontractors, but will avoid speculation or expression of opinion about the Spill Event or the conduct of the Covered Entity in response to the Spill Event.

• If a Party decides to not divert water out of Lake Hodges during a Spill Event, then the other Party can divert as much water as desired at no cost or compensation to the first Party until the Spill Event terminates.