Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste. (b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand. (c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials. (d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site. (e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, the
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Sources: Industrial Lease (Advanced Medical Optics Inc), Industrial Lease (Intralase Corp), Industrial Lease (Intralase Corp)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes Tenant shall not transport, use, store, maintain, generate, manufacture, handle, dispose, release or discharge any “Hazardous Material” (as defined below) upon or about the Property, nor permit Tenant’s employees, agents, contractors, and other occupants of the Premises to engage in such activities upon or about the Property. However, the foregoing provisions shall not prohibit the transportation to and from, and use, storage, maintenance and handling within, the Premises of substances customarily used in offices (or such other business or activity expressly permitted to be undertaken in the Premises under Paragraph 5); provided that such substances shall be used and maintained only in such quantities as are reasonably necessary for such permitted use of the Premises, strictly in accordance with applicable law and the manufacturers’ instructions thereto, and any remaining such substances shall be completely, properly and lawfully removed from the Property upon expiration or earlier termination of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause promptly notify Landlord of: (i) any enforcement, cleanup or permit other regulatory action taken or threatened by any governmental or regulatory authority with respect to the presence of any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about Material on the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoingmigration thereof from or to other property, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of any demands or claims made or threatened by any party against Tenant or the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect Premises relating to any such loss or injury resulting from any Hazardous MaterialsMaterial, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that (iii) any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, discharge or nonroutine, improper or unlawful disposal or use transportation of any Hazardous Materials by Tenant Material on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and (iv) any matters where Tenant agrees that is required by law to give a notice to any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to governmental regulatory authority respecting any Hazardous Materials on the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached heretoPremises. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, right (but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, ) to join and participate participate, as a party, in any legal proceedings or actions affecting the Premises initiated in connection with any claims arising out environmental, health or safety law. At such times as Landlord may reasonably request, Tenant shall provide Landlord with a written list identifying any Hazardous Material then used, stored, or maintained upon the Premises, the use and approximate quantity of each such material, a copy of any material safety data sheet (“MSDS”) issued by the manufacturer therefor, written information concerning the removal, transportation and disposal of the storagesame, generationand such other information as Landlord may reasonably require or as may be required by law. The term “Hazardous Material” for purposes hereof shall mean any chemical, usesubstance, release and/or disposal material or waste or component thereof which is now or hereafter listed, defined or regulated as a hazardous toxic chemical, substance, material or waste or component thereof by any federal, state or local governing or regulatory body having jurisdiction, or which would trigger any employee or community “right-to-know” requirements adopted by any such body, for which any such body has adopted any requirements for the preparation or distribution of an MSDS.
(c) If any Hazardous Material is released, discharged or disposed of by Tenant or its agentsany other occupant of the Premises, or their employees, agents or contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from on or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results Property in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination violation of the Premises or foregoing provisions, Tenant shall immediately, properly and in compliance with applicable laws clean up and remove the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return Hazardous Material from the Premises and the Site Property and any other affected real property and clean or replace any affected personal property (whether or not owned by Landlord Landlord), at Tenant’s expense. Such clean up and removal work shall be subject to the condition existing Landlord’s prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials written approval (except in emergencies), and to remedy or repair any such injury or contaminationshall include, including without limitation, any cleanuptesting, remediationinvestigation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment and the preparation and implementation of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned plan required by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency body having jurisdiction or reasonably required by Landlord. If Tenant shall fail to comply with respect the provisions of this Section within five (5) days after written notice by Landlord, or such shorter time as may be required by law or in order to minimize any Hazardous Materials claims; provided howeverhazard to persons or property, Landlord’s prior written consent Landlord may (but shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials onobligated to) arrange for such compliance directly or as Tenant’s agent through contractors or other parties selected by Landlord, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord at Tenant’s expense (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain without limiting Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by other remedies under this Lease or applicable law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, the.
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Sources: Office Lease Agreement (Semper Paratus Acquisition Corp), Office Lease Agreement (Semper Paratus Acquisition Corp), Office Lease Agreement (Semper Paratus Acquisition Corp)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materialsmaterial” as defined in Section 25501(n25501(o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as a result of such person’s possession, use, release or distribution of such substance or matter and that is considered a hazardous material under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local applicable law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or wasteregulation.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which shall not be unreasonably withheld as hereinafter provided. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises Premises: (A) a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office or consumer products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. ; and (B) those Hazardous Materials (i) in kind and content listed on the Environmental Questionnaire (defined below) delivered to Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place prior to the execution of this Lease or otherwise reasonably related to Tenant’s diagnostic business (the “Current HazMats”) to the extent that the use of such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate Current HazMats shall comply with all applicable laws and all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of such Current HazMats, and (ii) reasonably related to any future, non-diagnostic business which Tenant (each a “Future HazMat”) to the extent (1) the use of such Hazardous MaterialsFuture HazMats shall comply with all applicable laws and all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of such Future HazMats, (2) Tenant gives Landlord prior written notice with regard to its proposed use of any Future HazMat, (3) if Landlord reasonably determines that a Future HazMat is materially different in type and risk than the Current HazMats, Landlord may require Tenant obtain the insurance described in Exhibit D, Section 2 in amount commensurate with such different type and risk, and ( 4) Landlord may place such reasonable conditions with respect to Tenant’s use of any Future HazMat and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials Future HazMats are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials Future HazMats proposed by Tenant as provided in the foregoing sentence on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any reasonable costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord either as a condition to such consent by Landlord or as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing at the time it makes its annual regulatory disclosures regarding its use of Hazardous Materials or, if no such disclosure is made or required, on or about each anniversary of the Commencement Date, the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires expects to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with shall, upon reasonable notice, make available for inspection and copying complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating theretoto Hazardous Materials utilized by Tenant on or about the Premises: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.3, under no circumstances shall (i) any provision in this Section 5.3 require Tenant to disclose to Landlord any document Tenant reasonably believes is attorney-client privileged or attorney work product or (ii) Tenant be required to disclose any confidential materials without such disclosure being subject to the parties’ execution of a commercially reasonable non-disclosure agreement.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, after giving Tenant at least 24 hours prior notice (except in an emergency for which no notice shall be required) to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide provide, with prior reasonable notice, Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expenseexpense (which expense shall be reasonable under the circumstances), including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expenseexpense (which expense shall be reasonable under the circumstances), shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site(provided that Landlord reasonably determines that an actual or potential conflict of interest between Landlord and Tenant exists or may exist that reasonably requires Landlord to retain a separate attorney from Tenant).
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other directly affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials“Required Condition” (as hereinafter defined). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, from, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other directly affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreementagreement to take remedial action, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other directly affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (( i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. Landlord shall be responsible for any increased costs or liability to the extent they are directly attributable to Landlord’s withholding or delay in providing its consent. As used herein, “Required Condition” shall mean returning the Premises and the Project and any other directly affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to a condition that is both (A) required by applicable federal, state or local law, regulation or order, including without limitation, performing any required cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of Hazardous Materials, and (B) wherein Landlord’s marketability, use and leasing thereof as commercial properties is not materially impaired. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys reasonably acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other directly affected real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and or the Site Project and any other directly affected real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or knowingly permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or inviteesinvitees (each a “Tenant Party”). Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other directly affected real or personal property owned by Landlord required or necessary to return same to the Required Condition, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Building or Project as a result of such Hazardous Material or remediation thereof. If it is at any time discovered that Hazardous Materials have been released on, into, from, under or about the Premises during the Term by Tenant or any Tenant Party, or that Tenant or any Tenant Party may have caused or knowingly permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other directly affected real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord’s request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord’s reasonable approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other directly affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the Required Condition. Upon Landlord’s approval of such cleanup plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
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Sources: Sublease Agreement (Prometheus Biosciences, Inc.), Sublease Agreement (Prometheus Biosciences, Inc.), Lease (Prometheus Biosciences, Inc.)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of As used in this LeaseLEASE, the term “Hazardous MaterialsHAZARDOUS MATERIALS” includes (i) means any flammable items, explosives, radioactive materials, and any other substances defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous wastes,” “hazardous materials,” as defined in Section 25501(n) “toxic substances” or similar term now or subsequently regulated under any applicable federal, state of the California Health local laws or regulations including, without limitation, petroleum-based products, paints, solvents, lead, cyanide, DDT, printing inks, acids, pesticides, ammonia compounds and Safety Codeother chemical products, (ii) asbestos, PCBs, and similar compounds, and any other substance or matter products and materials which results in liability are subsequently found to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, have adverse effects on the environmentor the health and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess safety of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or wastepersons.
(b) Tenant Except as otherwise provided herein, TENANT shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials HAZARDOUS MATERIAL to be generated, produced, brought upon, used, stored, used, generated, released treated or disposed of on, under, from in or about the Premises PREMISES, or the Site SHOPPING CENTER by TENANT, its agents, employees, contractors, sublessees or (including without limitation solely with respect to the soil and groundwater thereunderinterior of the PREMISES) invitees without the prior written consent of LandlordLANDLORD, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding In addition, TENANT shall not cause or permit an underground storage tank to be installed under the foregoing, Tenant shall have PREMISES or the right, SHOPPING CENTER without obtaining the prior written consent of LandlordLANDLORD, which consent shall be in LANDLORD’s sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding anything to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products contrary contained herein, TENANT shall be permitted to store, use and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (dispose of, in the PREMISES, such HAZARDOUS MATERIALS which are incidental and customary to the operation of TENANT’s business, or which TENANT sells as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like)a matter of course at other 99¢ Only Stores, provided howeverthat TENANT shall comply with all applicable laws, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products rules and regulations in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such productsHAZARDOUS MATERIALS. TENANT shall indemnify and hold LANDLORD, its agents and employees, harmless from any and all costs, liabilities, claims, expenses, penalties, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such productsdamages of any kind including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees and (ii) all the cost of the other terms and provisions any investigation, remediation, restoration, cleanup and/or abatement which is necessary as a result of TENANT’s violation of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demandSection.
(c) Prior to the execution of this LeaseLANDLORD represents and warrants that (i) there are, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant as of the kinds and quantities of EFFECTIVE DATE there shall be, no Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnairein, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for PREMISES or the twelve-month period prior theretoSHOPPING CENTER, (ii) LANDLORD has not caused or permitted, and which Tenant desires shall not cause or permit, any HAZARDOUS MATERIALS to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under be brought onto the PREMISES or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month periodSHOPPING CENTER. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant LANDLORD shall promptly provide Landlord with complete indemnify and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to hold TENANT and TENANT’s agents and employees harmless from any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reportscosts, disclosuresliabilities, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water dischargesclaims, air pollutionexpenses, waste generation or disposalpenalties, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; ordersdamages of any kind including, reportsbut not limited to, noticesattorneys’ fees and the cost of any investigation, listings and correspondence (even those remediation, restoration, cleanup and/or abatement which may be considered confidential) is necessary as a result of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement LANDLORD’s violation of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materialsthis Section.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s The obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation 12.18 shall survive the taking expiration or earlier termination of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Sitethis LEASE.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, the
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Standard Multi Tenant Lease (99 Cents Only Stores), Standard Multi Tenant Lease (99 Cents Only Stores), Lease Agreement (99 Cents Only Stores)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes means (i) any “hazardous materialsmaterial” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as a result of such person’s possession, use, storage, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products; and to utilize within the Premises those Hazardous Materials in kind and content listed on the Survey Form delivered to Landlord prior to the execution of this Lease, provided that Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws with respect to such Hazardous Materials and all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. Landlord may, in its sole and absolute discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant’s use, storage and/or disposal of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenantrequiring Landlord’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practicesconsent. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generationuse, release, and/or disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement a Hazardous Material Survey Form (the “Environmental QuestionnaireSurvey Form”) in the form of Exhibit B J attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire Survey Form shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation ofinvestigation, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s storage, generation, use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and or the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Building or Project as a result of such Hazardous Materials, the remediation thereof or any repair, restoration or cleanup related thereto. If it is at any time discovered that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, subtenants or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord’s request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord’s approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such
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Sources: Lease (Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Lease (Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
Hazardous Materials. Tenant shall not transport, use, store, maintain, generate, manufacture, handle, dispose, release or discharge any "Hazardous Material" (as defined below) upon or about the Property, or permit Tenant's employees, agents, contractors, and other occupants of the Premises to engage in such activities upon or about the Property. However, the foregoing provisions shall not prohibit the transportation to and from, and use, storage, maintenance and handling within, the Premises of substances customarily used in offices (or such other business or activity expressly permitted to be undertaken in the Premises under Article 6), provided: (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” such substances shall be used and maintained only in such quantities as defined in Section 25501(n) are reasonably necessary for such permitted use of the California Health Premises, strictly in accordance with applicable Law and Safety Codethe manufacturers' instructions therefor, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant such substances shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generateddisposed of, released or discharged on the Property, and shall be transported to and from the Premises in compliance with all applicable Laws, and as Landlord shall reasonably require, (c) if any applicable Law or Landlord's trash removal contractor requires that any such substances be disposed of on, under, separately from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoingordinary trash, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of make arrangements at Tenant's expense for such disposal directly with a qualified and licensed disposal company at a lawful disposal site (subject to scheduling and approval by Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect ensure that disposal occurs frequently enough to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal prevent unnecessary storage of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from substances in the Premises, and Tenant agrees that (d) any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, remaining such substances shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder completely, properly and lawfully removed from the Property upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner earlier termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, the
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Sources: Office Lease (National Financial Partners Corp), Office Lease (Interactive Flight Technologies Inc)
Hazardous Materials. Tenant shall not transport, use, store, maintain, generate, manufacture, handle, dispose, release or discharge any "Hazardous Material" (as defined below) upon or about the Property, nor permit Tenant's employees, agents, contractors, and other occupants of the Premises to engage in such activities upon or about the Property. However, the foregoing provisions shall not prohibit the transportation to and from, and use, storage, maintenance and handling within, the Premises of substances customarily used in offices (or such other business or activity expressly permitted to be undertaken in the Premises under Article 6), provided: (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” such substances shall be used and maintained only in such quantities as defined in Section 25501(n) are reasonably necessary for such permitted use of the California Health Premises, strictly in accordance with applicable Law and Safety Codethe manufacturers' instructions therefor, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant such substances shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generateddisposed of, released or discharged on the Property, and shall be transported to and from the Premises in compliance with all applicable Laws, and as Landlord shall reasonably require, (c) if any applicable Law or Landlord's trash removal contractor requires that any such substances be disposed of on, under, separately from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoingordinary trash, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of make arrangements at Tenant's expense for such disposal directly with a qualified and licensed disposal company at a lawful disposal site (subject to scheduling and approval by Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect ensure that disposal occurs frequently enough to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal prevent unnecessary storage of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from substances in the Premises, and Tenant agrees that (d) any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, remaining such substances shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder completely, properly and lawfully removed from the Property upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner earlier termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, the
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Sources: Office Lease (Capella Education Co), Office Lease (Peapod Inc)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant Lessee shall not allow, cause or permit any Hazardous Materials (as defined below) to be brought upongenerated, maintained, processed, produced, manufactured, used, treated, release, transported, stored, usedbut not including materials existing in or about the Leased Premises prior to the Commencement Date, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from in or about the Leased Premises by Lessee or its officers, directors, employees, agents, invitees or sublessees, other than those Hazardous Materials usually and customarily used for the Permitted Use, as long as such materials are lawfully stored and used by Lessee and the quantity of such materials does not equal or exceed a “reportable quantity” as defined in 40 CFR § 302, and as may be amended, and so long as such Hazardous Materials are generated, maintained, processed, produced, manufactured, used, treated, released, stored or remediated or disposed of in compliance with all Laws applicable thereto. In no event shall Lessee cause the deposit, release, or discharge of any Hazardous Materials to the air, soil or groundwater of the Leased Premises in violation of applicable Law.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 9.01(a) above, Lessee shall have the right to continue to lawfully use and store certain Hazardous Materials as a “Large Quantity Generator” (collectively, “Permitted Excess”) directly related to the provision of medical services within the Leased Premises (collectively, “Permitted Excess Use”); provided, however, Lessee shall at all times fully comply with all applicable Laws and the provisions set forth in this Lease.
(c) In the event any Hazardous Materials are in any manner generated, maintained, processed, produced, manufactured, used, treated, released, transported, stored, remediated or disposed of in or about Leased Premises, Lessee shall:
(i) fully comply with all applicable Laws; provided, however, to the extent any provisions of federal, state, local, and other Laws conflict or provide inconsistent standards with respect to Hazardous Materials, Lessee shall comply with the strictest of such Laws in each such event of a conflict or inconsistency; and
(ii) apply for and maintain all required licenses, approvals, and other authorizations (including, without limitation, obtaining and maintaining for any Permitted Excess a Hazardous Waste Generator Identification Number from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or any successor thereto); and
(iii) accurately ▇▇▇▇ and label all Hazardous Materials in or about the Leased Premises in accordance with applicable Laws; and
(iv) maintain at all times an accurate inventory of any Permitted Excess of Hazardous Materials in or about the Leased Premises (including, without limitation, the quantities all such Permitted Excess as well as the length of time such Permitted Excess is stored in or about the Leased Premises; and
(v) maintain, update, keep, and preserve all other information and documentation with respect to Hazardous Materials as may be required by applicable Law and as may otherwise be requested by Lessor; and
(vi) cause all Hazardous Materials to be transported from the Leased Premises and disposed of only by professional haulers authorized to handle and transport Hazardous Materials by the U.S. Department of Transportation (“DOT”), all in accordance with applicable Laws; and
(vii) maintain, update, keep, and preserve all material safety data sheets, record keeping, reporting, and other tracking systems for Hazardous Materials (which shall include, without limitation, such records and manifests related to the transportation and disposal of any Hazardous Materials); and
(viii) provide appropriate training and updated training of personnel with respect to Hazardous Materials; and
(ix) devise, update, and maintain at all times a contingency plan for emergencies related in any way to Hazardous Materials which may be located in or about the Leased Premises; and
(x) designate in accordance with applicable Laws and have available at all times such personnel and resources to respond to any emergency associated with Hazardous Materials; and
(xi) timely submit copies of all required reports, applications, inspections, renewals, updates, and other submittals to the appropriate authorities with copies simultaneously sent to Lessor and the Division; and
(xii) not at any time use, store, or handle any such Permitted Excess in quantities or for lengths of time exceeding those permitted by applicable Laws; and
(xiii) not apply for, seek or in any manner utilize any exemptions with respect to Hazardous Materials under applicable Laws without first obtaining Lessor’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be withheld, conditioned or delayed; and
(xiv) upon ceasing any Permitted Excess or Permitted Excess Use, comply with all closure provisions under applicable Laws and provide Lessor and the Division with copies of all reports and other submittals with respect to such closure as well as copies of the final closure documentation; and
(xv) promptly respond to inquiries from Lessor or the Site Division, or any other state agency, and provide such information and documentation with respect to Hazardous Materials in or about (including or suspected to be in or about) the Leased Premises.
(d) Lessor shall have access to, and a right to perform inspections and tests of, the Leased Premises as it may desire to determine Lessee’s compliance with Laws and Lessee’s obligations under this Article IX. Access shall be granted to Lessor upon Lessor’s reasonable prior notice to Lessee and at such times so as to minimize, so far as may be reasonable under the circumstances, any disturbance to Lessee’s operations. Lessee shall reimburse Lessor for the costs and expenses incurred by Lessor for any such inspections and tests, and such amounts shall be deemed Additional Rent payable in accordance with Section 2.02 above. From time to time (including, without limitation limitation, upon the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent expiration or earlier termination of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoingthis Lease), Tenant Lessor shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlordat its option and at Lessor’s sole cost and expense, to utilize within undertake an environmental assessment of the Leased Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply determine Lessee’s compliance with all applicable laws with respect to such products, Laws and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge TenantLessee’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking Article IX. Lessor and Lessee agree that Lessor's receipt of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference satisfaction with Tenant’s business any environmental assessment in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for no way waives any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate rights that Lessor holds against Lessee or affects any liabilities of Lessee under this Lease in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Sitemanner.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, the
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Sources: Master Hospital Lease Agreement, Cooperative Endeavor Agreement
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes Tenant (i) will not conduct any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(nactivity on the Premises that will use or produce any Hazardous Materials, except for such activities that are both (1) part of the California Health ordinary course of Tenant’s business activities and Safety Code, (2) conducted in accordance with all Environmental Laws; (ii) will not use the Premises in any other substance or matter which results manner for the storage of any Hazardous Materials except for storage of such materials that are both (1) used in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, the ordinary course of Tenant’s business and (2) properly stored in a manner and location satisfying all Environmental Laws; (iii) will not install any substance or matter which is in excess underground tanks of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
type; and (biv) Tenant shall will not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upononto the Premises, stored, used, generated, released or disposed except in the ordinary course of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies compliance with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practicesEnvironmental Laws. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of If any Hazardous Materials by Tenant are brought or found on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections Premises in violation of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the above provisions of this Section 5.3 Section, the same shall be immediately removed by Tenant, with proper disposal, and all required cleanup procedures shall be diligently undertaken pursuant to all Environmental Laws. If at any time during or after the Lease Term the Premises are found to be so contaminated or subject to such conditions as a result of Tenant’s failure to comply with the foregoing provisions, Tenant shall defend and hold Landlord harmless from all claims, demands, actions, liabilities, costs, expenses, damages and obligations of any nature arising from or as a result of the Lease, shall be reimbursed use of the Premises by Tenant or its Invitees Tenant will maintain on the Premises a list of all materials stored at the Premises for which a material safety data sheet (an “MSDS”) was issued by the producers or manufacturers thereof, together with copies of the MSDS’s for such materials, and shall deliver such list and MSDS copies to Landlord upon Landlord’s request therefor. Except for Hazardous Materials that existed in or on the Premises as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to of the execution date of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of remove all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about from the Premises in accordance with the applicable standard required by the Environmental Laws for premises with a laboratory use before the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which earlier of the date Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about vacates the Premises for and the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to date Tenant’s useright to possess the Premises ends. Landlord may, handlingupon at least five (5) business days’ prior written notice to Tenant (or a shorter period of prior written notice in the case of emergencies), storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord enter the Premises and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any conduct environmental inspections and tests therein as it may reasonably require from time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3time, and in connection therewith Tenant provided that Landlord shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor use reasonable efforts to minimize the interference with Tenant’s business, which may include conducting such inspections and tests after normal business in connection therewith, but hours if required by Tenant. Such inspections and tests shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, conducted at Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that unless they reveal the presence of Hazardous Materials onin violation of the above provisions of this Section or that Tenant has not complied with the requirements of this Section, under or about in which case Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord reasonable cost thereof within ten (i10) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain days after Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend request therefor.
(b) In connection with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion FoldRx’s discontinuance of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification occupancy of the Premises, theFoldRx has (i) submitted to the Radiation Control Program of the Department of Public Health of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a request for termination of Materials License No 55-0255 with supporting documents and (ii) obtained from the Radiation Control Program of the Department of Public Health of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts an Amendment No. 04 dated October 19, 2011 terminating License No 55-0558 (collectively, the “Decommissioning Materials”). Landlord has furnished a copy of the Decommissioning Materials to Tenant. Tenant shall not be responsible for the removal or remediation of any radioactive material in or on the Premises as of the date of this Lease.
(c) Landlord represents to Tenant that Landlord has not received any written notice, demand, claim, citation, complaint, request for information or similar communication with respect to the existence of Hazardous Materials at the Project in violation of Environmental Laws. The parties acknowledge that Tenant will apply for a transfer of its existing 2012 Flammable Materials Permit from the City of Cambridge Fire Department for application to the Premises. Landlord will not take any action that would reduce the amount of flammable materials that can be stored in the Premises pursuant to such permit.
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Sources: Lease Agreement (Genocea Biosciences, Inc.), Lease Agreement (Genocea Biosciences, Inc.)
Hazardous Materials. Landlord and Tenant agree as follows with respect to the existence or use of "Hazardous Material" in or on the Premises and/or the Project.
29.31.1 Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, shall comply with all laws, statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations of any local, state or federal governmental authority (aincluding, without limitation, the Fire Department of the City of Marlborough, and the Local Emergency Planning Committee, if any) For purposes having jurisdiction concerning environmental, health and safety matters (collectively, "ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS"), including, but not limited to, any discharge into the air, surface, water, sewers, soil or groundwater of any Hazardous Material (as defined in SUBSECTION 29.31.3, below), whether within or outside the Premises, within the Project. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Lease requires, or shall be construed to require, Tenant to incur any liability related to or arising from environmental conditions (except to the extent set forth in SUBSECTION 4.2.4 (V)): (i) for which the Landlord is responsible pursuant to the express terms of this Lease, (ii) which existed within the term “Premises or the Project prior to the date Tenant takes possession of the Premises, (iii) which are unrelated to the acts or omissions of Tenant, its employees, officers, contractors, representatives or agents (individually and/or collectively, "Tenant Party"),or (iv) which were caused solely by a third party which is not a Tenant Party.
29.31.2 Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Material to be brought upon, handled, kept, stored or used in or about the Premises or otherwise in the Project by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors or invitees, except for Hazardous Materials which are typically used in the operation of offices, and except for Hazardous Material which are used by Tenant in connection with the Permitted Use and which are specifically listed on EXHIBIT G attached hereto, provided that all such materials are stored, used and disposed of in strict compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and with good scientific and medical practice, and provided further that all such materials shall be removed from the Premises and the Project prior to the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease in accordance with all applicable laws at the sole cost and expense of Tenant. Subject to the provisions of this SECTION 29.31, Tenant shall update Landlord in writing, monthly, or more often upon Landlord's request, with increases, changes and/or additions to EXHIBIT G (the "New Materials” includes ") made after the date of this Lease, and subject to the provisions of this SECTION 29.31, the update shall be deemed to be incorporated into EXHIBIT G unless Landlord subsequently objects thereto. If, upon Landlord's receipt of notification from Tenant regarding Tenant's use of New Materials, Landlord objects to Tenant's use of any of the New Materials, Landlord and Tenant shall meet to determine what protocols Tenant may institute in order to satisfy any concerns raised by Landlord, and Tenant shall either (i) implement any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Codesuch protocols reasonably suggested by Landlord and/or Landlord's consultants, or (ii) cease utilizing the particular New Material(s) to 57 which Landlord objected and promptly remove same from the Premises and the Project upon written notice from Landlord. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Tenant shall not cause or permit any other substance radioactive materials or matter radioactive isotopes to be brought upon, handled, kept, stored or used in or about the Premises or otherwise in the Project by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors or invitees without the prior written consent of Landlord (which results consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, in liability light of the Permitted Use and the safety protocols specifically identified by and utilized by Tenant). Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any person of Tenant's Hazardous Material which Tenant does not properly handle, store or entity dispose of in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and good scientific and medical practice, Tenant shall, upon written notice from exposure Landlord, no longer have the right to bring such substance material into the buildings or matter under the Project until Tenant has demonstrated, to Landlord's reasonable satisfaction, that Tenant has implemented programs to thereafter properly handle, store or dispose of such material.
29.31.3 As used herein, the term "Hazardous Material" means any statutory or common law theoryflammable substances, explosives, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federalradioactive materials, California or local law or regulation pertaining to and any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste or petroleum derivative which is or becomes regulated by any Environmental Law, specifically including live organisms, viruses and fungi, medical waste, and so-called "biohazard" materials. The term "Hazardous Material" includes, without limitation, any material or substance which is (i) designated as a "hazardous substance" pursuant to Section 1311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1317), (ii) defined as a "hazardous waste" pursuant to Section 1004 of the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq. (42 U.S.C. Section 6903), (iii) defined as a "hazardous substance" pursuant to Section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq. (42 U.S.C. Section 9601), (iv) defined as "hazardous substance" or "oil" under Chapter 21E of the General Laws of Massachusetts, or (v) a so-called "biohazard" or medical waste, or is contaminated with blood or other bodily fluids; and "Environmental Laws" include, without limitation, the laws listed in the preceding clauses (i) through (iv).
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about 29.31.4 Any increase in the premium for necessary insurance on the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent Project which arises from Tenant's use and/or storage of Landlordthese Hazardous Materials shall be solely at Tenant's expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have procure and maintain at its sole expense such additional insurance as may be necessary to comply with any requirement of any Federal, State or local government agency with jurisdiction.
29.31.5 Tenant hereby covenants and agrees to indemnify, defend and hold Landlord harmless from any and all claims, judgments, damages, penalties, fines, costs, liabilities or losses (collectively "Losses") which Landlord may reasonably incur arising out of contamination of real estate, the rightProject, without obtaining prior written consent or other property not a part of Landlordthe Premises, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such which contamination arises as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that a result of: (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use presence of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) Material in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to Premises or the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the PremisesProject, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant presence of which is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees contractors or invitees, Landlord and or (ii) from a breach by Tenant of its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expenseSECTION 29.31. This indemnification of Landlord by Tenant includes, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewithlimitation, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated reasonable costs incurred in connection with any claims arising out investigation of the storagesite conditions or any cleanup, generationremedial, useremoval or restoration work required by any federal, release and/or disposal by Tenant state or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees local governmental agency or invitees 58 political subdivision because of Hazardous Materials on, under, from Material present in the soil or about ground water on or under the Premises and/or based upon the Site.
(e) If circumstances identified in the first sentence of this SUBSECTION 29.31.5. The indemnification and hold harmless obligations of Tenant under this SUBSECTION 29.31.5 shall survive any termination of this Lease. Without limiting the foregoing, if the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from Material in the buildings or about otherwise in the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises, Tenant shall give immediate notice thereof to Landlord and shall promptly take all actions at its sole expense as are necessary to return the Premises to a condition which complies with all Environmental Laws; provided that Landlord's approval of such actions shall first be obtained, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld so long as such actions, in Landlord's reasonable discretion, would not potentially have any materially adverse long-term or short-term effect on the Premises, and, in any event, Landlord shall not withhold its approval of any proposed actions which are required by applicable Environmental Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Lease contained, the foregoing indemnity shall not apply to: (i) any Hazardous Materials which exist in the Premises or elsewhere in the SiteProject prior to and as of the Lease Commencement Date, or (ii) any Hazardous Materials introduced to the Project by other tenants within their respective premises, or (iii) injury to any Hazardous Materials the presence of which were not caused or contamination permitted by the acts or omissions of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expenseemployees, agents, consultants and/or contractors.
29.31.6 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Lease, if Tenant fails to cure any breach or default of this SECTION 29.31 within five (5) business days after written notice from Landlord (or if such default cannot be cured within said five day period, to commence to cure said period during said five day period and diligently proceed to cure such default within thirty (30) days), such failure shall promptly take all actions necessary constitute a default under this Lease, and in the event of such a default, in addition to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real remedies available to Landlord under this Lease, Landlord may terminate this Lease upon ten (10) days written notice to Tenant.
29.31.7 Tenant shall, after Tenant, and anyone claiming by, through or personal property owned by Landlord to under Tenant, vacate the condition existing Premises, and immediately prior to the introduction time that Tenant delivers the Premises to Landlord: (i) cause the Premises to be decommissioned in accordance with the regulations of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and/or the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for the control of radiation; (ii) provide a written report by a licensed industrial hygienist or equivalent to confirm that the Premises contain no contaminants per the National Institute of Health (or its successor organization) rules and regulations on bio-safety as administered by the Department of Health; and (iii) provide a copy of its most current chemical waste removal manifest and a certification from an officer of Tenant that no chemicals remain in the Premises.
29.31.8 Landlord shall have the right from time to time to conduct (or retain one or more consultants to conduct) environmental audits of the Premises to ensure and verify Tenant's compliance with this SECTION 29.31, upon three (3) business days advance written notice to Tenant. Tenant agrees to cooperate with the person or entity conducting said audit and to supply all information reasonably requested in connection therewith. Tenant shall pay the cost of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair audit if such audit discloses that Tenant has materially violated any such injury or contaminationof the provisions of this SECTION 29.31; otherwise, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment the cost of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, said audit shall be paid for by Landlord.
29.31.9 Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence not dispose of any Hazardous Materials onat the Project (including, under without limitation, placing, or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to permitting any Hazardous Materials claims; provided howeverto be placed into the sewer system servicing the Project), Landlord’s prior except as permitted by law in approved and environmentally safe containers which Tenant will dispose of off-site. Tenant shall give Landlord written consent shall not notice annually (and from time to time, if changed) of the name, address and telephone number of the contractor that will be necessary in the event that the presence responsible for removal of all Hazardous Materials on, under or about disposed of by Tenant from the Premises and/or the Project.
29.31.10 Tenant shall provide Landlord with a copy of its Chemical Hygiene Plan (as set forth in OSHA 1910.1450) annually, or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary more often as and when it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, theamended.
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Sources: Office Lease (Exact Sciences Corp), Office Lease (Exact Sciences Corp)
Hazardous Materials. The provisions of this Section 18, which govern LESSEE’S obligations with regard to hazardous substances, as defined below, shall survive termination of this Lease.
▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ agrees to indemnify, defend, protect and hold LESSOR free and harmless from and against any and all claims, liability, loss, damage, actions or causes of action, costs and expenses (aincluding attorney's fees) arising from or in connection with the presence of any Hazardous Substances in, on, or under the PREMISES except to the extent that LESSEE can demonstrate by clear and convincing proof that such Hazardous Substances were present in, on, or under the PREMISES prior to September 1, 1989, or migrated onto or under the PREMISES from other land after such date. Furthermore, LESSEE shall, at ▇▇▇▇▇▇'s sole cost and expense, be responsible for the receiving, use, storage, handling, transportation, generation, spillage, migration, discharge, release, and disposition of all hazardous substances to the extent any such are used, stored, brought onto, located on or shipped from or within, the PREMISES in connection with ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s occupancy and use thereof, in accordance with all applicable rules, regulations, orders, ordinances, statutes, codes and laws. For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “Substances" shall include but not be limited to flammable, combustible, explosive, corrosive, caustic, carcinogenic or radioactive matter, petroleum or petroleum related materials and/or substances defined as "hazardous substances", "hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code", (ii) any other substance "hazardous waste" or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth "toxic substances" in any federal, California state or local law laws or regulation pertaining regulations adopted or publications promulgated pursuant to any hazardous or toxic substancesaid laws (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Laws"). LESSEE shall, material or wasteat ▇▇▇▇▇▇'s sole cost and expense, comply fully with all requirements of the Laws applicable to LESSEE's use of the HANGAR and obligations contained herein.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. B. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material onrelease, under leak, spill, or about the Premises and/or the Site caused threatened or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees actual contamination or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out deterioration of the storagePREMISES or groundwater by a Hazardous Substance, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant whether the result of an act or omission of LESSEE or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Siteother third parties, or (iii) injury LESSEE shall, immediately notify LESSOR and all appropriate health, safety and environmental regulatory agencies. LESSEE hereby covenants and agrees to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenantimplement and complete, at its sole cost and expense, and to the satisfaction of LESSOR, all investigation and remediation measures required by such agency or agencies. If LESSEE fails to take such action LESSOR may, but shall not be obligated to, take such action. In such event, all costs incurred by LESSOR with respect to such cleanup activities shall be for the account of LESSEE and LESSEE shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materialsmake reimbursement therefore. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant LESSEE shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, not take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under Substances in or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or PREMISES, nor enter into any similar settlement agreement, consent, consent decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with in respect to any claims relating to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided howeverSubstances in any way connected with the PREMISES without first notifying the LESSOR of ▇▇▇▇▇▇'s intention to do so and affording LESSOR ample opportunity to appear, Landlordintervene or otherwise appropriately assess and protect its interest with respect thereto.
C. LESSEE shall bear responsibility for the presence of any Hazardous Substances as a result of LESSEE’s prior written consent activities, whether before, during or after construction, in or around any part of the PREMISES or the soil, groundwater or soil vapor on or under the PREMISES. Upon demand by ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall not defend any investigation, action or proceeding alleging the presence of any Hazardous Substances in any such location, which affects the PREMISES or which is brought or commenced against LESSOR, whether alone or together with LESSEE or any other person, all at LESSE’s own cost and by counsel to be necessary approved by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ in the event exercise of its reasonable judgment. In the alternative, LESSOR may elect to conduct its own defense at the expense of ▇▇▇▇▇▇.
▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall comply and cause all occupants of the PREMISES to comply, with all statutes, codes, regulations, rules, ordinances, orders and other laws governing or applicable to Hazardous Substances as well as the recommendations of any qualified environmental engineer or other expert which apply or pertain to the PREMISES, ▇▇▇▇▇▇'s use of the PREMISES or of the facilities of the AIRPORT. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ acknowledges that the presence of Hazardous Materials Substances may permanently and materially impair the value and use of the PREMISES.
▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall promptly notify LESSOR if ▇▇▇▇▇▇ knows, suspects or believes that there may be any Hazardous Substances in or around the PREMISES, or in the soil, groundwater or soil vapor on or under the PREMISES, or that LESSEE or the hangar may be subject to any threatened or pending investigation by any governmental agency under any statute, code, regulation, rule, ordinance, order or other law pertaining to any Hazardous Substances.
▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and its agents and representatives shall have the right, upon being given reasonable notice by the LESSOR, to enter and visit the PREMISES to make observations of the hangar, take and remove soil or groundwater samples, and conduct tests. LESSOR is under no duty, however, to visit or observe the PREMISES or to conduct tests. No site visit, observation or testing by LESSOR shall result in a waiver of any default of LESSEE or impose any liability on LESSOR. In no event shall any site visit, observation or testing by LESSOR be a representation that Hazardous Substances are or are not present in, on, or under the PREMISES or about the Premises that there has been compliance with any statute, code, regulation, rule, ordinance, order or the Site other law pertaining to Hazardous Substances. Neither LESSEE nor any other party is entitled to rely on any site visit, observation or testing by ▇▇▇▇▇▇. LESSOR shall not be obligated to disclose to LESSEE or any other affected real party any report or personal property owned finding made as a result, or in connection with, any site visit, observation or testing by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat LESSOR. In each instance, LESSOR shall give LESSEE reasonable notice before entering the PREMISES. LESSOR shall make reasonable efforts to avoid interfering with ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s use of the PREMISES in exercising any right provided in this Section.
▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ must prepare and maintain to the health, safety or welfare satisfaction of any individual or (ii) is the fire official with jurisdictional authority a "Business Response Plan" in accordance with Section 25500 et seq. of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary the Health and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such actionSafety Code. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect Said plan must be kept current and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest on file in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, theAirport Manager’s office.
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes Landlord represents and warrants to Tenant that to Landlord’s actual knowledge and as of the Commencement Date: (i) the Leased Premises are in compliance with all Environmental Laws (as defined below) governing and relating to the Leased Premises as in effect and enforced as of the Commencement Date; and (ii) except as disclosed to Tenant in writing prior to the execution of this Lease, no Toxic Materials are present in, on or under the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of Leased Premises or the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or wasteProject.
(b) Except for reasonable amounts of commercially available office and manufacturing products used, stored and disposed of in compliance with all applicable local, state and federal statutes, orders, ordinances, rules and regulations, Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials substance, material, waste or item which is or becomes regulated by any federal, state, regional or local governmental authority because it is in any way hazardous, toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic or otherwise adversely affects any part of the environment, or creates risks of any such hazards or effects to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released kept or disposed of on, under, from used in or about the Leased Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted Project by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, customers, or invitees, without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent Landlord shall not withhold so long as Tenant demonstrates to Landlord’s satisfaction, in the exercise of Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion, that such items, and the quantities thereof, are necessary or materially useful to Tenant’s business and will be used, kept and stored in a manner that complies with all Environmental Laws (as defined below). Tenant shall comply, at its sole cost, with all federal, state and local laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, regulations and orders relating to the receiving, handling, use, storage, accumulation, transportation, generation, spillage, migration, discharge, release and disposal of any flammable, combustible, explosive, infectious, corrosive, caustic, irritant, strong sensitizing, carcinogenic or radioactive materials, hazardous waste, toxic substances or related materials, including without limitation, substances defined as “hazardous substances,” “hazardous materials,” “toxic substances” or “asbestos containing materials” by federal, state or local laws, and in the regulations adopted in publications promulgated pursuant to said laws, including but not limited to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) [42 USCS §§ 9601 et seq.]; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) [42 USCS §§ 6901 et seq.]; the Clean Water Act, also known as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) [33 USCS §§ 1251 et seq.]; the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) [15 USCS §§ 2601 et seq.]; the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA) [49 USCS §§ 1801 et seq.]; the Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act [7 USCS §§ 136 et seq.]; the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act [42 USCS §§ 6901 et seq.]; the Clean Air Act [42 USCS §§ 7401 et seq.]; the Safe Drinking Water Act [42 USCS §§ 3OOf et seq.]; the Solid Waste Disposal Act [42 USCS §§ 6901 et seq.]; the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act [30 USCS §§ 1201 et seq.]; the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act [42 USCS §§ 11001 et seq.]; the Occupational Safety and Health Act [29 USCS §§ 655 and 657]; the California Underground Storage of Hazardous Substances Act [II & SC §§ 25280 et seq.]; the California Hazardous Substances Account Act [H & S C §§ 25300 et seq.]; the California Hazardous Waste Control Act [H & SC §§ 25100 et seq.]; the California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act [H & SC §§ 24249.5 et seq.]; the ▇▇▇▇▇▇-Cologne Water Quality Act [Wat C §§ 13000 et seq.] together with any amendments of or regulations promulgated under the statutes cited above and any other federal, state, or local law, statute, ordinance, or regulation now in effect or later enacted that pertains to occupational health or industrial hygiene, and only to the extent that the occupational health or industrial hygiene laws, ordinances, or regulations relate to Hazardous Substances on, under, or about the Property, or the regulation or protection of the environment, including ambient air, soil, soil vapor, groundwater, surface water, or land use (collectively referred to herein as the “Environmental Laws”). Such materials and substances are hereinafter collectively referred to as “Toxic Materials.” It shall be the sole obligation of Tenant to obtain any permits and approvals required pursuant to the Environmental Laws. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Tenant shall comply with requirements for the inventory of Toxic Materials imposed by any state or local laws, including the Environmental Laws.
(c) Tenant shall be solely responsible for and shall indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless Landlord and its agents shall have agents, employees, representatives, directors and officers (collectively hereinafter referred to as the right“Landlord Indemnitees”) from and against any and all claims, but not costs, penalties, fines, losses, liabilities, attorneys’ fees, damages, injuries, causes of action, judgments, and expenses which arise during or after the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out Lease Term as a result of the receiving, handling, use, storage, accumulation, transportation, generation, usespillage, migration, discharge, release and/or or disposal of Toxic Materials in, upon or about the Leased Premises or the Project, by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, customers or invitees invitees. This indemnification of Hazardous the Landlord Indemnitees by Tenant includes, without limitation, any and all costs incurred in connection with any investigation of site conditions and any clean-up, remediation, removal or restoration work required by any federal, state or local governmental agency or political subdivision because of Toxic Materials present in the soil, subsoils, ground water or elsewhere in, on, under, from under or about the Leased Premises and/or or the SiteProject. This indemnification by Tenant under this Section shall survive the termination of this Lease.
(ed) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, customers or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any other parties (except the Landlord Indemnitees) causes contamination or deterioration of water or soil resulting in a level of contamination greater than the maximum levels established from time to time during the term of this Lease by any governmental authority having jurisdiction over such contamination, then Tenant shall promptly take any and all action necessary to clean-up such contamination in the manner required by law. If Tenant fails to take such action, Landlord may, but shall not be obligated to, take such action. In such event, all costs incurred by Landlord with respect to such clean-up activities shall be for the account of Tenant. Any amount so expended by Landlord shall be paid by Tenant promptly after demand by Landlord, with interest at the maximum rate permitted by law.
(e) Tenant shall immediately provide Landlord with telephonic notice, which shall later be confirmed by written notice, of any and all accumulations, spillage, discharge, release and disposal of Toxic Materials, onto or within the Leased Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real injuries or personal property owned by Landlord to damages relating directly or indirectly therefrom.
(f) On or before the condition existing prior to the introduction expiration or earlier termination of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoingthis Lease, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial and all action required to be taken under the Environmental Laws in response order to surrender the presence Leased Premises, including such portions of the Project which are subject to this Lease, to Landlord in a condition which would be completely free of any Hazardous and all Toxic Materials on, under caused or permitted to be in or about the Leased Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted Project by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, customers, or invitees.
(g) With regard to any Toxic Materials in, specifically including without limitation on, under or about the cost Leased Premises or the Project (i) prior to the commencement of this Lease or (ii) that have been spilled, discharged, or disposed on the Leased Premises or the Project by Landlord, its agents, employees or contractors, or any Toxic Materials generated by Landlord, Landlord shall (i) bear all financial and other responsibility for insuring that such Toxic Materials shall be used, kept and stored in a manner which strictly complies with all Environmental Laws regulating such Toxic Materials; (ii) maintain in effect and comply with all conditions and requirements of any and all permits, licenses and other governmental and regulatory approvals or authorizations required or under any Environmental Laws; (iii) take any necessary repairremedial action if and when so ordered by governmental authorities with jurisdiction over such materials; and (iv) indemnify, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thedefend and hold harmless Tenant from and against any and all claims caused by such Toxic Materials.
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this LeaseThe Tenant hereby covenants that it will not bring, or allow to be brought to, in, or on the term “Leased Premises any Hazardous Materials” includes Materials (ias hereinafter defined) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall it will not cause or nor permit to be caused any Hazardous Materials to be brought uponplaced, held, located, used, processed, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about at the Leased Premises for and that its business and assets will at all times during the twelve-month period prior theretoTerm of this Lease operate and be maintained in compliance with applicable laws, regulations and which Tenant desires to storestandards, generatecriteria, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, policies and guidelines (in each case to the extent Tenant is permitted required by law) intended to utilize hazardous Materials upon protect and/or conserve the Premisesenvironment and/or protect human and/or animal health and well-being (individually and collectively being the “Laws”) including without limitation, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all Laws respecting the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s usecontrol, handling, management, labeling, reporting, notification, processing, storage, release and/or discharge, emission, spill leakage, or disposal of any Hazardous Materials and that it will not do or omit to be done anything that will cause any regulatory or enforcement actions or activities in respect thereof to be instituted or conducted at the Leased Premises by or under any statutory or regulatory authority.
(b) The Tenant covenants that it will permit the Landlord, or those duly authorized by the Landlord, to carry out intrusive work, including drilling, and to conduct tests, inspections, sampling, monitoring and appraisals of the Leased Premises, including, without limitation, the right to conduct soil, air, chemical, materials, and/or water tests, and to take and remove samples, materials, structures and things from the Leased Premises, and any part of the Leased Premises, and any records, business and assets insofar as they relate to the Leased Premises to determine and ensure compliance with any Laws and this Section of this Lease (an “Environmental Audit”), upon reasonable notice to the Tenant of not less than three (3) business days, and further provided that the Landlord shall take all reasonable care to minimize any disruption of the Tenant’s operations or use of the Leased Premises.
(c) In the event that the Environmental Audit reveals that the Tenant is storing, handling, transporting, manufacturing, processing or otherwise dealing with any Hazardous Materials in the Leased Premises in a manner contrary to any applicable laws or regulations, the Landlord shall give the Tenant ten (10) days within which to amend its manner of storing, handling, transporting, manufacturing, processing or otherwise dealing with such Hazardous Materials to comply with acceptable environmental protection practices. The Tenant shall further forthwith carry out such procedures as are, in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord, legally necessary to correct any damage which may have been caused to the Leased Premises by the Tenant and any adjoining lands, and to forestall any damage to the Leased Premises and adjoining lands which in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord may be created by the unsatisfactory storing, handling, transporting, manufacturing, processing or otherwise dealing with any Hazardous Materials by the Tenant.
(d) In the event that the Tenant shall be in default of the provisions hereof and fail to amend its practices or take such corrective measures as are required pursuant to Sub-Section (c) immediately preceding within the aforesaid ten (10) day period, or such shorter period of time if the Landlord, acting reasonably, believes that an emergency exists, the Landlord shall have the right to enter upon the Leased Premises and carry out such procedures as are, in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord, legally necessary to correct any damage which may have been caused to the Leased Premises by the Tenant, or to forestall any damage to the Leased Premises which in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord may be created by the unsatisfactory storing, handling, transporting, manufacturing, processing or otherwise dealing with such Hazardous Materials, and the Tenant shall pay to the Landlord on demand, as Additional Rent, all costs and expenses of carrying out such procedures.
(e) The Tenant will fully comply with the orders of all governmental authorities concerning pollution control and environmental clean-ups of the Leased Premises for which it is responsible under this Lease, and if the Landlord is required by the governmental authorities to do anything in relation to an environmental problem caused by the Tenant, the Tenant will, upon receipt of notice from the Landlord, carry out the order at the Tenant’s expense. If the Tenant fails or refuses to promptly and fully carry out an order, or if, in the Landlord’s reasonable opinion, the Tenant is not competent to carry out the order, the Landlord may, upon notice to the Tenant, carry out the whole or any part of the order, and the Tenant will pay all costs incurred by the Landlord in so doing, together with an administration fee of fifteen percent (15%) of such costs.
(f) In the event that the Tenant ascertains that Hazardous Materials from off-site will likely migrate or have already migrated into, onto or through the Leased Premises, the Tenant shall forthwith notify that Landlord thereof; failing such notification the Tenant shall indemnify the Landlord for any costs or liability incurred by the Landlord as a result of such Hazardous Materials.
(dg) The Tenant hereby indemnifies the Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, agrees to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and hold it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord harmless from and against any and all losses, liabilities, lossesrequirements, directions, orders, damages, diminution in valuecosts, judgmentsexpenses and claims of any and every kind whatsoever which at any time or from time to time may be asserted against or issued to the Landlord, finesor paid, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable incurred or unforeseeablesuffered by the Landlord with respect to, arising directly from or indirectly out of as a result of, the use, generation, storage, treatmentpresence, release, on- discharge, emission, spill handling, containment or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials at, in, on, through and/or from the Leased Premises or into, in, through or on, through and/or any land, air, water or wet land, where the source or the presence of the Hazardous Materials from, relates to, or arises from the Tenant’s and/or its employees’, guests’, contractors’, occupants’ invitees’, haulers’, transporters’, and those for whom the Tenant is, at law, or otherwise responsible or liable, use, occupation, or operations at or related to the Leased Premises (including, without limitation: (i) the costs of responding to, defending, appealing, reviewing, counter-claiming and/or claiming over against or in respect of any action application, order, direction or matter caused by or arising from such use; occupation or operations, and (ii) any cost, liability or damages arising out of a settlement or compromise of any action or proceeding entered into or suffered by the Landlord with or without the consent of the Tenant, caused by or arising from such use, occupation or operations.
(h) The Tenant hereby indemnifies the Landlord and agrees to hold it harmless from and against any and all losses, liabilities, requirements, directions, orders damages, costs, expenses and claims of any and every kind whatsoever which at any time or from time to time may be asserted against or issued to the Landlord, or paid, incurred or suffered by the Landlord, with respect to, arising from or as a result of the presence, release, discharge, emission, spill, handling, containment or disposal of Hazardous Materials at, in, on, through and/or from the Leased Premises or into, in, through or on any land, air, water or wet land, where the source or the presence of the Hazardous Materials is from, relates to, or arises from the Tenant’s and/or its employee’s, guest’s, contractor’s, occupant’s, invitee’s, hauler’s, transporter’s, and those for whom the Tenant is at law or otherwise responsible or liable, use, occupation or operations at or related to the Leased Premises (including, without limitation: (i) the costs of responding to, defending, appealing, reviewing, counter-claiming and/or claiming over against or in respect of any action, application, order, direction or matter caused by or arising from such use, occupation or operations and (ii) any cost, liability or damages arising out of a settlement or compromise of any action or proceeding entered into or suffered by the Landlord with or without the consent of the Tenant, caused by or arising from such use, occupation or operations);
(i) The provisions of this Section, and the undertakings and indemnifications set out in this Section, shall survive the termination of this Lease by reason of effluxion of time or otherwise.
(j) For purposes of this Section, “Hazardous Materials” means any contaminant, pollutant, chemical, substance, material product and/or thing that when placed, released, emitted or discharged to, on, into, fromthrough or from the natural environment, under structure or about building may then cause or result in, or at some immediate or future time cause or result in, impairment, adverse effect, risk, harm or degradation to the Premisesnatural environment, or risk harm to human health and/or flora and fauna; and without restricting the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification generality of the foregoing, Hazardous Materials includes any degraded, reduced or resulting chemical, or anything defined in any applicable statute or regulation as a hazardous waste or hazardous material, or any subset thereof.
(k) The Landlord hereby represents that to the best of its knowledge:
(i) any Hazardous Materials at the Leased Premises are being used, stored and processed in compliance with applicable Laws, or consistent with accepted industry practice and usage;
(ii) parties operating at the Leased Premises are now materially complying with applicable Laws;
(iii) there are not now, nor have there been during the Landlord’s period of ownership of the Leased Premises any significant releases of Hazardous Materials at the Leased Premises; and,
(iv) there are no pending or extant environmental enforcement or administrative actions, thecharges, orders, prosecutions, claims or notices of violation against or issued to the Landlord and/or its current tenant in respect of or related to the Leased Premises.
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Sources: Combination Agreement (Fenix Parts, Inc.), Combination Agreement (Fenix Parts, Inc.)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theoryLessee shall not, and (iii) shall not direct, suffer or permit any of its agents, contractors, employees, licensees or invitees to at any time handle, use, manufacture, store or dispose of in or about the Premises any flammables, explosives, radioactive materials, hazardous wastes or materials, toxic wastes or materials, or other similar substances, petroleum products or derivatives or any substance subject to regulation by or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in under any federal, California state and local laws and ordinances relating to the protection of the environment or local law the keeping, use or regulation pertaining disposition of environmentally hazardous materials, substances, or wastes, presently in effect or hereafter adopted, all amendments to any hazardous of them, and all rules and regulations issued pursuant to any of such laws or toxic substanceordinances (collectively "Environmental Laws") (all of such items being collectively referred to as "Hazardous Materials"), material or waste.
(b) Tenant nor shall not cause Lessee suffer or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought uponused in any manner not fully in compliance with all Environmental Laws, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about in the Premises or appurtenant land or allow the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, environment to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance become contaminated with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about Lessee may (a) store and use on the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary those items described on Exhibit B attached hereto in the event that the presence quantities set forth next to such items, and (b) handle, store, use or dispose of products containing small quantities of Hazardous Materials on(such as aerosol cans containing insecticides, under or about toner for copiers, paints, paint thinner, paint remover and the like) to the extent customary and necessary for the use of the Premises for general office purposes; provided that Lessee shall always handle, store, use, and dispose of any such Hazardous Materials in a safe and lawful manner and never allow such Hazardous Materials to contaminate the Premises, appurtenant land, or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to environment. Lessee shall protect, defend, indemnify and hold each and all of the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord Lessor Entities harmless from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demandsloss, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, liability or costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expensesreasonable attorney's fees) incurred by reason of any actual or asserted failure of Lessee to fully comply with all applicable Environmental Laws, or the presence, handling, use or disposition in or from the Premises of any Hazardous Materials (even though permissible under all applicable Environmental Laws or the provisions of this Lease), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost reason of any required actual or necessary repairasserted failure of Lessee to keep, restorationobserve, cleanup or detoxification perform any provision of the Premises, thethis Article."
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Sources: Lease Agreement (Sport Supply Group Inc), Lease Agreement (Sport Supply Group Inc)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, The Borrower Parties and the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” Macerich Core Entities have caused Phase I and the other environmental assessments as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federalSchedule 6.15 to be conducted or have taken other steps to investigate the past and present environmental condition and use of their regional Retail Properties (as used in this Section 6.15 and Section 7.9, California or local law or regulation pertaining the “Designated Environmental Properties”). Based on such investigation, except as otherwise disclosed in the Reports listed on Schedule 6.15, to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
the best knowledge of the Borrower and MAC: (b1) Tenant shall not cause or permit any no Hazardous Materials to be brought uponhave been discharged, storeddisposed of, used, generated, or otherwise released or disposed of on, under, or from or about the Premises Designated Environmental Properties so as to be reasonably expected to result in a violation of Hazardous Materials Laws and a material adverse effect to such Environmental Property or the Site owner thereof; (including without limitation 2) the soil owners of the Designated Environmental Properties have obtained all material environmental, health and groundwater thereundersafety permits and licenses necessary for their respective operations, and all such permits are in good standing and the holder of each such permit is currently in compliance with all terms and conditions of such permits, except to the extent the failure to obtain such permits or comply therewith is not reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or any material violation of Hazardous Materials Laws or in a material adverse effect to such Environmental Property or the owner thereof; (3) without none of the prior written consent Designated Environmental Properties is listed or proposed for listing on the National Priorities List (“NPL”) pursuant to CERCLA or on the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation Liability Information System List (“CERCLIS”) or any similar applicable state list of Landlordsites requiring remedial action under any Hazardous Materials Laws; (4) none of the owners of the Designated Environmental Properties has sent or directly arranged for the transport of any hazardous waste to any site listed or proposed for listing on the NPL, CERCLIS or any similar state list; (5) there is not now on or in any Environmental Property: (a) any landfill or surface impoundment; (b) any underground storage tanks; (c) any asbestos-containing material; or (d) any polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), which in the case of any of clauses (a) through (d) could reasonably result in a violation of any Hazardous Materials Laws and a material adverse effect to such Environmental Property or the owner thereof; (6) no environmental Lien has attached to any Designated Environmental Properties; and (7) no other event has occurred with respect to the presence of Hazardous Materials on or under any of the Properties of the Borrower Parties or the Macerich Core Entities, which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant on the Closing Date all of the representations set forth above shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products be true and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging correct with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all Properties of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises Borrower Parties and the Site Macerich Core Entities (and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to not only the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expensesDesignated Environmental Properties), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, the.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Macerich Co), Term Loan Facility Credit Agreement (Macerich Co)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materialsmaterial” as defined in Section 25501(n25501(o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as result of such person’s possession, use, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole and absolute discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant’s use of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, from, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials (A) on, into, from, under or about the Premises during the Term regardless of the source of such Hazardous Materials unless caused solely by Landlord or (B) on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and or the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Building or Project as a result of such Hazardous Material or remediation thereof. If it is at any time discovered that Hazardous Materials have been released on, into, from, under or about the Premises during the Term, or that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord’s request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord’s approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord’s approval of such cleanup plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit C, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were neither released on the Premises during the Term nor caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant’s attention. Tenant hereby acknowledges that this disclosure satisfies any obligation of Landlord to Tenant pursuant to California Health & Safety Code Section 25359.7, or any amendment or substitute thereto or any other disclosure obligations of Landlord.
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Sources: Lease Agreement (Phage Biotechnology CORP), Lease (4-D Neuroimaging)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes means (i) any “hazardous materialsmaterial” as defined in Section 25501(n25501 (o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other toxic or hazardous substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as a result of such person’s possession, use, storage, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole and absolute discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant’s use, storage and/or disposal of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenantrequiring Landlord’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practicesconsent. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generationuse, release, and/or disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement a Hazardous Material Survey Form (the “Environmental QuestionnaireSurvey Form”) in the form of Exhibit B J attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire Survey Form shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation ofinvestigation, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s storage, generation, use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time time, upon reasonable prior notice except in cases of emergency, to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or longLong-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants, or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys reasonably acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and or the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Building or Project as a result of such Hazardous Materials, the remediation thereof or any repair, restoration or cleanup related thereto. If it is at any time discovered that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, subtenants or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord’s request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord’s approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord’s approval of such plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup, remediate and/or remove all such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit H attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit H, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were not caused or knowingly permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, subtenants or invitees. Not by way of limitation of the foregoing (and not withstanding anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing), Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to Hazardous Materials (i) present at or about the Premises or Project prior to the Commencement Date, (ii) that emanate onto the Premises or Project from outside thereof that are not the responsibility of Tenant under the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.3, or (iii) that are introduced to the Premises or Project by Landlord, Landlord’s agents, contractors, vendors or employees or other tenants of the Project. Notwithstanding the preceding three sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, subtenants, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant’s attention. Tenant hereby acknowledges that this disclosure satisfies any obligation of Landlord to Tenant pursuant to California Health & Safety Code Section 25359.7, or any amendment or substitute thereto or any other disclosure obligations of Landlord.
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Sources: Lease Agreement, Lease (Ruckus Wireless Inc)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this LeaseThe Tenant hereby covenants that it will not bring or allow to be brought to, in or on the term “Leased Premises any Hazardous Materials” includes Materials (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theoryhereinafter defined), and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall it will not cause or permit to be caused any Hazardous Materials to be brought uponplaced, storedheld, located, used, generatedprocessed, released stored or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about at the Premises for the twelve-month period prior theretoLeased Premises, and which Tenant desires to storethat its business and assets will at all times during the Term of this Lease operate and be maintained in compliance with applicable laws, generateregulations and standards, usecriteria, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In additionpolicies and guidelines (in each case, to the extent Tenant is permitted required by law) intended to utilize hazardous Materials upon protect and/or conserve the Premisesenvironment and/or protect human and/or animal health and well-being (individually and collectively being the “Laws”), Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies including, without limitation, Laws respecting the control, handling, management, labeling, reporting, notification, processing, storage, discharge, emission, spill, leakage or disposal of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed that it will not do or omit to be done anything that will cause any regulatory or enforcement actions or activities in respect thereof to be instituted or conducted at the Leased Premises by or against under any statutory or regulatory authority.
(b) The Tenant related covenants that it will permit the Landlord, or those duly authorized by the Landlord, to carry out intrusive work, including drilling, and to conduct tests, inspections, sampling, monitoring and appraisals of the Leased Premises, including, without limitation, the right to conduct soil, air, chemical, materials, and/or water tests, and to take and remove samples, materials, structures and things from the Leased Premises, and any part of the Leased Premises, and any records, business and assets insofar as they relate to the Leased Premises to determine and ensure compliance with any Laws and this Section of this Lease (an “Environmental Audit”), upon reasonable notice to the Tenant of not less than three (3) business days, and further provided that the Landlord shall take all reasonable care to minimize any disruption of the Tenant’s useoperations or use of the Leased Premises.
(c) In the event that the Tenant shall be in default of the provisions hereof and fail to amend its practices or take such corrective measures as are required pursuant to Sub-Section (c) immediately preceding within the aforesaid ten (10) day period, or such shorter period of time if the Landlord, acting reasonably, believes that an emergency exists, the Landlord shall have the right to enter upon the Leased Premises and carry out such procedures as are, in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord, legally necessary to correct any damage which may have been caused to the Leased Premises by the Tenant, or to forestall any damage to the Leased Premises which in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord may be created by the unsatisfactory storing, handling, storagetransporting, release and/or disposal manufacturing, processing or otherwise dealing with such Hazardous Materials, and the Tenant shall pay to the Landlord on d In the event that the Environmental Audit reveals that the Tenant is storing, handling, transporting, manufacturing, processing or otherwise dealing with any Hazardous Materials in the Leased Premises in a manner contrary to any applicable laws or regulations, the Landlord shall give the Tenant ten (10) days within which to amend its manner of storing, handling, transporting, manufacturing, processing or otherwise dealing with such Hazardous Materials to comply with acceptable environmental protection practices. The Tenant shall further forthwith carry out such procedures as are, in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord, legally necessary to correct any damage which may have been caused to the Leased Premises by the Tenant and any adjoining lands, and to forestall any damage to the Leased Premises and adjoining lands which in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord may be created by the unsatisfactory storing, handling, transporting, manufacturing, processing or otherwise dealing with any Hazardous Materials by the Tenant.
(d) In the event that the Tenant shall be in default of the provisions hereof and fail to amend its practices or take such corrective measures as are required pursuant to Sub-Section (c) immediately preceding within the aforesaid ten (10) day period, or such shorter period of time if the Landlord, acting reasonably, believes that an emergency exists, the Landlord shall have the right to enter upon the Leased Premises and carry out such procedures as are, in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord, legally necessary to correct any damage which may have been caused to the Leased Premises by the Tenant, or to forestall any damage to the Leased Premises which in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord may be created by the unsatisfactory storing, handling, transporting, manufacturing, processing or otherwise dealing with such Hazardous Materials, and the Tenant shall pay to the Landlord on demand, as Additional Rent, all costs and expenses of carrying out such procedures.
(e) The Tenant will fully comply with the orders of all governmental authorities concerning pollution control and environmental clean-ups of the Leased Premises for which it is responsible under this Lease, and if the Landlord is required by the governmental authorities to do anything in relation to an environmental problem caused by the Tenant, the Tenant will, upon receipt of notice from the Landlord, carry out the order at the Tenant’s expense. If the Tenant fails or refuses to promptly and fully carry out an order, or if, in the Landlord’s reasonable opinion, the Tenant is not competent to carry out the order, the Landlord may, upon notice to the Tenant, carry out the whole or any part of the order, and the Tenant will pay all costs incurred by the Landlord in so doing, together with an administration fee of fifteen percent (15%) of such costs.
(f) In the event that the Tenant ascertains that Hazardous Materials from off-site will likely migrate or have already migrated into, onto or through the Leased Premises, the Tenant shall forthwith notify the Landlord thereof; failing such notification the Tenant shall indemnify the Landlord for any costs or liability incurred by the Landlord as a result of such Hazardous Materials.
(dg) The Tenant hereby indemnifies the Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, agrees to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and hold it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord harmless from and against any and all losses, liabilities, lossesrequirements, directions, orders damages, diminution in valuecosts, judgmentsexpenses and claims of any and every kind whatsoever which at any time or from time to time may be asserted against or issued to the Landlord, finesor paid, demandsincurred or suffered by the Landlord, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeablewith respect to, arising directly from or indirectly out as a result of the use, generation, storage, treatmentpresence, release, on- discharge, emission, spill, handling, containment or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials at, in, on, through and/or from the Leased Premises or into, in, through or on any land, air, water or wet land, where the source or the presence of the Hazardous Materials is from, relates to, or arises from the Tenant’s and/or its employee’s, guest’s, contractor’s, occupant’s, invitee’s, hauler’s, transporter’s, and those for whom the Tenant is at law or otherwise responsible or liable, use, occupation or operations at or related to the Leased Premises (including, without limitation: (i) the costs of responding to, defending, appealing, reviewing, counter-claiming and/or claiming over against or in respect of any action, application, order, direction or matter caused by or arising from such use, occupation or operations and (ii) any cost, liability or damages arising out of a settlement or compromise of any action or proceeding entered into or suffered by the Landlord with or without the consent of the Tenant, caused by or arising from such use, occupation or operations);
(h) The Landlord hereby indemnifies the Tenant and agrees to hold it harmless from and against any and all losses, liabilities, requirements, directions, orders damages, costs, expenses and claims of any and every kind whatsoever which at any time or from time to time may be asserted against or issued to the Tenant, or paid, incurred or suffered by the Tenant, with respect to, arising from or as a result of the presence, release, discharge, emission, spill, handling, containment or disposal of Hazardous Materials at, in, on, through and/or from the Leased Premises or into, in, through or on any land, air, water or wet land, where the source or the presence of the Hazardous Materials is from, relates to, or arises from any condition of the Leased Premises existing as of the Commencement Date, or any condition of the Leased Premises caused by the Landlord’s and/or its employee’s, guest’s, contractor’s, occupant’s, invitee’s, hauler’s, transporter’s, prior tenants and those for whom the Landlord is at law or otherwise responsible or liable, use, occupation or operations at or related to the Leased Premises (including, without limitation: (i) the costs of responding to, defending, appealing, reviewing, counter-claiming and/or claiming over against or in respect of any action, application, order, direction or matter caused by or arising from such use, occupation or operations and (ii) any cost, liability or damages arising out of a settlement or compromise of any action or proceeding entered into or suffered by the Tenant with or without the consent of the Landlord, caused by or arising from such use, occupation or operations);
(i) The provisions of this Section, and the undertakings and indemnifications set out in this Section, shall survive the termination of this Lease by reason of effluxion of time or otherwise.
(j) For purposes of this Section, “Hazardous Materials” means any contaminant, pollutant, chemical, substance, material product and/or thing that when placed, released, emitted or discharged to, on, into, fromthrough or from the natural environment, under structure or about building may then cause or result in, or at some immediate or future time cause or result in, impairment, adverse effect, risk, harm or degradation to the Premisesnatural environment, or risk harm to human health and/or flora and fauna; and without restricting the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification generality of the foregoing, Hazardous Materials includes any degraded, reduced or resulting chemical, or anything defined in any applicable statute or regulation as a hazardous waste or hazardous material, or any subset thereof.
(k) The Landlord hereby represents that to the best of its knowledge:
(i) any Hazardous Materials at the Leased Premises are being used, stored and processed in compliance with applicable Laws, or consistent with accepted industry practice and usage;
(ii) parties operating at the Leased Premises are now materially complying with applicable Laws;
(iii) there are not now, nor have there been during the Landlord’s period of ownership of the Leased Premises any significant releases of Hazardous Materials at the Leased Premises; and,
(iv) there are no pending or extant environmental enforcement or administrative actions, thecharges, orders, prosecutions, claims or notices of violation against or issued to the Landlord and/or its current tenant in respect of or related to the Leased Premises.
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Sources: Combination Agreement (Fenix Parts, Inc.), Combination Agreement (Fenix Parts, Inc.)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes means (i) any “hazardous materialsmaterial” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as a result of such person’s possession, use, storage, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises collectively, the “Permitted Hazmats”): (i) a reasonable quantity of standard household office and cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, ; and (ii) those Hazardous Materials in kind and content listed on the Survey Form delivered to Landlord prior to the execution of this Lease. Tenant shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such productsthe Permitted Hazmats, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such productsPermitted Hazmats. Landlord may, in its sole and absolute discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant’s use, storage and/or disposal of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenantrequiring Landlord’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practicesconsent. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generationuse, release, and/or disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement a Hazardous Material Survey Form (the “Environmental QuestionnaireSurvey Form”) in the form of Exhibit B J attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire Survey Form shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation ofinvestigation, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s storage, generation, use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees; subtenants or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys reasonably acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and or the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Building or Project as a result of such Hazardous Materials, the remediation thereof or any repair, restoration or cleanup related thereto. If it is at any time discovered that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, subtenants or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord’s request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord’s approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord’s approval of such plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup, remediate and/or remove all such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit H attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit H, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were not caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, subtenants or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, subtenants, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant; s attention. Tenant hereby acknowledges that this disclosure satisfies any obligation of Landlord to Tenant pursuant to California Health & Safety Code Section 25359.7, or any amendment or substitute thereto or any other disclosure obligations of Landlord.
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Sources: Lease (Inari Medical, Inc.), Lease (Inari Medical, Inc.)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, The Borrower Parties and the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” Macerich Core Entities have caused Phase I and the other environmental assessments as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federalSchedule 6.15 to be conducted or have taken other steps to investigate the past and present environmental condition and use of their Properties (as used in this Section 6.15 and Section 7.9, California or local law or regulation pertaining the "Environmental Properties"). Based on such investigation, except as otherwise disclosed on Schedule 6.15, to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
the best knowledge of the Borrower Parties: (b1) Tenant shall not cause or permit any no Hazardous Materials to be brought uponhave been discharged, storeddisposed of, used, generated, or otherwise released or disposed of on, under, or from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, Environmental Properties so as to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect be reasonably expected to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of result in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use violation of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on Laws and a material adverse effect to such Environmental Property or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections owner thereof; (2) the owners of the storageEnvironmental Properties have obtained all material environmental, generationhealth and safety permits and licenses necessary for their respective operations, use, release and/or disposal and all such permits are in good standing and the holder of each such permit is currently in compliance with all terms and conditions of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premisespermits, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, except to the extent the failure to obtain such permits or comply therewith is not reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or any material violation of Hazardous Materials Laws or in a violation by Tenant material adverse effect to such Environmental Property or the owner thereof; (3) none of the provisions Environmental Properties is listed or proposed for listing on the National Priorities List ("NPL") pursuant to CERCLA or on the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation Liability Information System List ("CERCLIS") or any similar applicable state list of this Section 5.3 sites requiring remedial action under any Hazardous Materials Laws; (4) none of the Leaseowners of the Environmental Properties has sent or directly arranged for the transport of any hazardous waste to any site listed or proposed for listing on the NPL, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
CERCLIS or any similar state list; (5) there is not now on or in any Environmental Property: (a) any landfill or surface impoundment; (b) any underground storage tanks; (c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoingany asbestos-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration containing material; or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have any polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), which in the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms case of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or clauses (a) through (d) could reasonably result in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence violation of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises Laws and a material adverse effect to such Environmental Property or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in owner thereof; (i6) injury no environmental Lien has attached to any person, Environmental Properties; and (ii7) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any no other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency event has occurred with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials onon or under the Environmental Properties, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat which would reasonably be expected to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such result in a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, theMaterial Adverse Effect.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Credit Agreement (Macerich Co), Credit Agreement (Macerich Co)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes a. Use, Storage, Handling and Disposal of Hazardous Materials. Except as explicitly provided in this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials (as such term is defined below) to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released stored, transported, handled or disposed of in, on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project at any time (including without limitation such activities are hereinafter referred to as “Environmental Activities”). Tenant further agrees that (i) Tenant will not engage in any activity on the soil Premises that will produce any Hazardous Materials; (ii) Tenant will not install any underground tanks of any type; (iii) Tenant will not use any portion of the Premises as a landfill or a dump; and groundwater thereunder(iv) without Tenant will not cause any surface or subsurface conditions to exist or come into existence that constitute, or with the prior written consent passage of Landlordtime may constitute, a public or private nuisance. Tenant shall be responsible for assuring compliance by such persons with the foregoing prohibition, which shall survive the expiration or early termination of this Lease and extend to Tenant, and its officers, directors, employees, agents, contractors, and invitees, and any assignees claiming by, through, or under Tenant, any subtenants claiming by, through, or under Tenant (“Tenant Party”), and Tenant’s failure to abide by the terms of this Section shall be restrainable by injunction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, and subject to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect Tenant’s covenant to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise strictly comply with all applicable laws with respect to Hazardous Materials Laws (as such products, term is defined below) and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall completemay bring upon, execute keep and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire use general office and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) cleaning supplies typically used in the form ordinary course of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the business of an office, such as copier toner, liquid paper, glue, ink, and cleaning solvents, for use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnairemanner for which they were designed. From time to time during the Term, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, may request Landlord’s approval of Tenant’s use and disposal of such other Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which approval may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and withheld in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Sitesole discretion.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, the
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Sources: Lease (Control4 Corp), Lease (Control4 Corp)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, : (A) to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products, and (B) to utilize within the Premises those Hazardous Materials in kind and content listed on the Environmental Questionnaire delivered to Landlord prior to the execution of this Lease, provided that Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws with respect to such Hazardous Materials and all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The Hazardous Materials and amount of the Hazardous Materials consented to under the foregoing Subsection 5.3(b)(B) cannot be thereafter prohibited or reduced by Landlord unless such action is mandated by a change in applicable law or upon mutual agreement by the parties. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. : Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon within ten (10) days of demand; however, Tenant shall have no obligation to reimburse Landlord for any costs incurred in connection with any environmental consultant retained by Landlord pursuant to this Section unless Tenant shall be in default under this Section 5.3 and such costs are covered by Tenant’s indemnity contained in this Section 5.3.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials (except standard office products that may contain Hazardous Materials permitted under Section 5.3(b) above) which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials (except standard office products that may contain Hazardous Materials permitted under Section 5.3(b) above) upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in substantial compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without upon reasonable notice to Tenant (except in cases of emergency when no notice shall be required), and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consentconsent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys reasonably acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, and the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease. If Landlord at any time discovers that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about the Premises or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord’s request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord’s approval (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord’s approval of such cleanup plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this subsection (e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit C, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were not caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant’s attention.
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Sources: Industrial Lease (Cryocor Inc), Industrial Lease (Cryocor Inc)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this LeaseThe Tenant hereby covenants that it will not bring or allow to be brought to, in or on the term “Leased Premises any Hazardous Materials” includes Materials (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theoryhereinafter defined), and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall it will not cause or permit to be caused any Hazardous Materials to be brought uponplaced, storedheld, located, used, generatedprocessed, released stored or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about at the Premises for the twelve-month period prior theretoLeased Premises, and which Tenant desires to storethat its business and assets will at all times during the Term of this Lease operate and be maintained in compliance with applicable laws, generateregulations and standards, usecriteria, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In additionpolicies and guidelines (in each case, to the extent Tenant is permitted required by law) intended to utilize hazardous Materials upon protect and/or conserve the Premisesenvironment and/or protect human and/or animal health and well-being (individually and collectively being the “Laws”), Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies including, without limitation, Laws respecting the control, handling, management, labeling, reporting, notification, processing, storage, discharge, emission, spill, leakage or disposal of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed that it will not do or omit to be done anything that will cause any regulatory or enforcement actions or activities in respect thereof to be instituted or conducted at the Leased Premises by or against under any statutory or regulatory authority.
(b) The Tenant related covenants that it will permit the Landlord, or those duly authorized by the Landlord, to carry out intrusive work, including drilling, and to conduct tests, inspections, sampling, monitoring and appraisals of the Leased Premises, including, without limitation, the right to conduct soil, air, chemical, materials, and/or water tests, and to take and remove samples, materials, structures and things from the Leased Premises, and any part of the Leased Premises, and any records, business and assets insofar as they relate to the Leased Premises to determine and ensure compliance with any Laws and this paragraph of this Lease (an “Environmental Audit”), upon reasonable notice to the Tenant of not less than three (3) business days, and further provided that the Landlord shall take all reasonable care to minimize any disruption of the Tenant’s useoperations or use of the Leased Premises.
(c) In the event that the Environmental Audit reveals that the Tenant is storing, handling, storagetransporting, release and/or disposal manufacturing, processing or otherwise dealing with any Hazardous Materials in the Leased Premises in a manner contrary to any applicable laws or regulations, the Landlord shall give the Tenant ten (10) days within which to amend its manner of storing, handling, transporting, manufacturing, processing or otherwise dealing with such Hazardous Materials to comply with acceptable environmental protection practices. The Tenant shall further forthwith carry out such procedures as are, in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord, necessary to correct any damage which may have been caused to the Leased Premises by the Tenant and any adjoining lands, and to forestall any damage to the Leased Premises and adjoining lands which in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord may be created by the unsatisfactory storing, handling, transporting, manufacturing, processing or otherwise dealing with any Hazardous Materials by the Tenant.
(d) In the event that the Tenant shall be in default of the provisions hereof and fail to amend its practices or take such corrective measures as are required pursuant to sub-paragraph (c) immediately preceding within the aforesaid ten (10) day period, or such shorter period of time if the Landlord, acting reasonably, believes that an emergency exists, the Landlord shall have the right to enter upon the Leased Premises and carry out such procedures as are, in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord, legally necessary to correct any damage wFhich may have been caused to the Leased Premises by the Tenant, or to forestall any damage to the Leased Premises which in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord may be created by the unsatisfactory storing, handling, transporting, manufacturing, processing or otherwise dealing with such Hazardous Materials, and the Tenant shall pay to the Landlord on demand, as Additional Rent, all costs and expenses of carrying out such procedures.
(e) The Tenant will fully comply with the orders of all governmental authorities concerning pollution control and environmental clean-ups of the Leased Premises for which it is responsible under this Lease, and if the Landlord is required by the governmental authorities to do anything in relation to an environmental problem caused by the Tenant, the Tenant will, upon receipt of notice from the Landlord, carry out the order at the Tenant’s expense. If the Tenant fails or refuses to promptly and fully carry out an order, or if, in the Landlord’s reasonable opinion, the Tenant is not competent to carry out the order, the Landlord may, upon notice to the Tenant, carry out the whole or any part of the order, and the Tenant will pay all costs incurred by the Landlord in so doing, together with an administration fee of fifteen percent (15%) of such costs.
(f) In the event that the Tenant ascertains that Hazardous Materials from off-site will likely migrate or have already migrated into, onto or through the Leased Premises, the Tenant shall forthwith notify that Landlord thereof; failing such notification the Tenant shall indemnify the Landlord for any costs or liability incurred by the Landlord as a result of such Hazardous Materials.
(dg) The Tenant hereby indemnifies the Landlord and its agents shall have agrees to hold it harmless from an The Tenant hereby indemnifies the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, agrees to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and hold it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord harmless from and against any and all losses, liabilities, lossesrequirements, directions, orders damages, diminution in valuecosts, judgmentsexpenses and claims of any and every kind whatsoever which at any time or from time to time may be asserted against or issued to the Landlord, finesor paid, demandsincurred or suffered by the Landlord, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeablewith respect to, arising directly from or indirectly out as a result of the use, generation, storage, treatmentpresence, release, on- discharge, emission, spill, handling, containment or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials at, in, on, through and/or from the Leased Premises or into, in, through or on any land, air, water or wet land, where the source or the presence of the Hazardous Materials is from, relates to, or arises from the Tenant’s and/or its employee’s, guest’s, contractor’s, occupant’s, invitee’s, hauler’s, transporter’s, and those for whom the Tenant is at law or otherwise responsible or liable, use, occupation or operations at or related to the Leased Premises (including, without limitation: (i) the costs of responding to, defending, appealing, reviewing, counter-claiming and/or claiming over against or in respect of any action, application, order, direction or matter caused by or arising from such use, occupation or operations and (ii) any cost, liability or damages arising out of a settlement or compromise of any action or proceeding entered into or suffered by the Landlord with or without the consent of the Tenant, caused by or arising from such use, occupation or operations);
(h) The Landlord hereby indemnifies the Tenant and agrees to hold it harmless from and against any and all losses, liabilities, requirements, directions, orders damages, costs, expenses and claims of any and every kind whatsoever which at any time or from time to time may be asserted against or issued to the Tenant, or paid, incurred or suffered by the Tenant, with respect to, arising from or as a result of the presence, release, discharge, emission, spill, handling, containment or disposal of Hazardous Materials at, in, on, through and/or from the Leased Premises or into, in, through or on any land, air, water or wet land, where the source or the presence of the Hazardous Materials is from, relates to, or arises from any condition of the Leased Premises existing as of the Commencement Date, or any condition of the Leased Premises caused by the Landlord’s and/or its employee’s, guest’s, contractor’s, occupant’s, invitee’s, hauler’s, transporter’s, prior tenants and those for whom the Landlord is at law or otherwise responsible or liable, use, occupation or operations at or related to the Leased Premises (including, without limitation: (i) the costs of responding to, defending, appealing, reviewing, counter-claiming and/or claiming over against or in respect of any action, application, order, direction or matter caused by or arising from such use, occupation or operations and (ii) any cost, liability or damages arising out of a settlement or compromise of any action or proceeding entered into or suffered by the Tenant with or without the consent of the Landlord, caused by or arising from such use, occupation or operations);
(i) The provisions of this paragraph, and the undertakings and indemnifications set out in this paragraph, shall survive the termination of this Lease by reason of effluxion of time or otherwise.
(j) For purposes of this paragraph, “Hazardous Materials” means any contaminant, pollutant, chemical, substance, material product and/or thing that when placed, released, emitted or discharged to, on, into, fromthrough or from the natural environment, under structure or about building may then cause or result in, or at some immediate or future time cause or result in, impairment, adverse effect, risk, harm or degradation to the Premisesnatural environment, or risk harm to human health and/or flora and fauna; and without restricting the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification generality of the foregoing, Hazardous Materials includes any degraded, reduced or resulting chemical, or anything defined in any applicable statute or regulation as a hazardous waste or hazardous material, or any subset thereof.
(k) The Landlord hereby represents that to the best of its knowledge:
(i) any Hazardous Materials at the Leased Premises are being used, stored and processed in compliance with applicable Laws, or consistent with accepted industry practice and usage;
(ii) parties operating at the Leased Premises are now materially complying with applicable Laws;
(iii) there are not now, nor have there been during the Landlord’s period of ownership of the Leased Premises any significant releases of Hazardous Materials at the Leased Premises; and,
(iv) there are no pending or extant environmental enforcement or administrative actions, thecharges, orders, prosecutions, claims or notices of violation against or issued to the Landlord and/or its current tenant in respect of or related to the Leased Premises.
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Sources: Combination Agreement (Fenix Parts, Inc.), Combination Agreement (Fenix Parts, Inc.)
Hazardous Materials. Landlord and Tenant agree as follows with respect to the existence or use of “Hazardous Material” in or on the Premises and/or the Project.
29.31.1 Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, shall comply with all laws, statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations of any local, state or federal governmental authority (aincluding, without limitation, the Fire Department of the City of Marlborough, and the Local Emergency Planning Committee, if any) For purposes having jurisdiction concerning environmental, health and safety matters (collectively, “ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS”), including, but not limited to, any discharge into the air, surface, water, sewers, soil or groundwater of any Hazardous Material (as defined in SUBSECTION 29.31.3, below), whether within or outside the Premises, within the Project. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Lease requires, or shall be construed to require, Tenant to incur any liability related to or arising from environmental conditions (except to the extent set forth in SUBSECTION 4.2.4 (V)): (i) for which the Landlord is responsible pursuant to the express terms of this Lease, (ii) which existed within the Premises or the Project prior to the date Tenant takes possession of the Premises, (iii) which are unrelated to the acts or omissions of Tenant, its employees, officers, contractors, representatives or agents (individually and/or collectively, “Tenant Party”),or (iv) which were caused solely by a third party which is not a Tenant Party.
29.31.2 Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Material to be brought upon, handled, kept, stored or used in or about the Premises or otherwise in the Project by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors or invitees, except for Hazardous Materials which are typically used in the operation of offices, and except for Hazardous Material which are used by Tenant in connection with the Permitted Use and which are specifically listed on EXHIBIT G attached hereto, provided that all such materials are stored, used and disposed of in strict compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and with good scientific and medical practice, and provided further that all such materials shall be removed from the Premises and the Project prior to the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease in accordance with all applicable laws at the sole cost and expense of Tenant. Subject to the provisions of this SECTION 29.31, Tenant shall update Landlord in writing, monthly, or more often upon Landlord’s request, with increases, changes and/or additions to EXHIBIT G (the “New Materials”) made after the date of this Lease, and subject to the provisions of this SECTION 29.31, the update shall be deemed to be incorporated into EXHIBIT G unless Landlord subsequently objects thereto. If, upon Landlord’s receipt of notification from Tenant regarding Tenant’s use of New Materials, Landlord objects to Tenant’s use of any of the New Materials, Landlord and Tenant shall meet to determine what protocols Tenant may institute in order to satisfy any concerns raised by Landlord, and Tenant shall either (i) implement any such protocols reasonably suggested by Landlord and/or Landlord’s consultants, or (ii) cease utilizing the particular New Material(s) to which Landlord objected and promptly remove same from the Premises and the Project upon written notice from Landlord. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Tenant shall not cause or permit any radioactive materials or radioactive isotopes to be brought upon, handled, kept, stored or used in or about the Premises or otherwise in the Project by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors or invitees without the prior written consent of Landlord (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, in light of the Permitted Use and the safety protocols specifically identified by and utilized by Tenant). Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any of Tenant’s Hazardous Material which Tenant does not properly handle, store or dispose of in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and good scientific and medical practice, Tenant shall, upon written notice from Landlord, no longer have the right to bring such material into the buildings or the Project until Tenant has demonstrated, to Landlord’s reasonable satisfaction, that Tenant has implemented programs to thereafter properly handle, store or dispose of such material.
29.31.3 As used herein, the term “Hazardous MaterialsMaterial” includes (i) means any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Codeflammable substances, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theoryexplosives, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federalradioactive materials, California or local law or regulation pertaining to and any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste or petroleum derivative which is or becomes regulated by any Environmental Law, specifically including live organisms, viruses and fungi, medical waste, and so-called “biohazard” materials. The term “Hazardous Material” includes, without limitation, any material or substance which is (i) designated as a “hazardous substance” pursuant to Section 1311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1317), (ii) defined as a “hazardous waste” pursuant to Section 1004 of the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq. (42 U.S.C. Section 6903), (iii) defined as a “hazardous substance” pursuant to Section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq. (42 U.S.C. Section 9601), (iv) defined as “hazardous substance” or “oil” under Chapter 21E of the General Laws of Massachusetts, or (v) a so-called “biohazard” or medical waste, or is contaminated with blood or other bodily fluids; and “Environmental Laws” include, without limitation, the laws listed in the preceding clauses (i) through (iv).
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about 29.31.4 Any increase in the premium for necessary insurance on the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent Project which arises from Tenant’s use and/or storage of Landlordthese Hazardous Materials shall be solely at Tenant’s expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have procure and maintain at its sole expense such additional insurance as may be necessary to comply with any requirement of any Federal, State or local government agency with jurisdiction.
29.31.5 Tenant hereby covenants and agrees to indemnify, defend and hold Landlord harmless from any and all claims, judgments, damages, penalties, fines, costs, liabilities or losses (collectively “Losses”) which Landlord may reasonably incur arising out of contamination of real estate, the rightProject, without obtaining prior written consent or other property not a part of Landlordthe Premises, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such which contamination arises as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that a result of: (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use presence of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) Material in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to Premises or the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the PremisesProject, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant presence of which is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees contractors or invitees, Landlord and or (ii) from a breach by Tenant of its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expenseSECTION 29.31. This indemnification of Landlord by Tenant includes, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewithlimitation, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated reasonable costs incurred in connection with any claims arising out investigation of the storagesite conditions or any cleanup, generationremedial, useremoval or restoration work required by any federal, release and/or disposal by Tenant state or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees local governmental agency or invitees political subdivision because of Hazardous Materials on, under, from Material present in the soil or about ground water on or under the Premises and/or based upon the Site.
(e) If circumstances identified in the first sentence of this SUBSECTION 29.31.5. The indemnification and hold harmless obligations of Tenant under this SUBSECTION 29.31.5 shall survive any termination of this Lease. Without limiting the foregoing, if the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from Material in the buildings or about otherwise in the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises, Tenant shall give immediate notice thereof to Landlord and shall promptly take all actions at its sole expense as are necessary to return the Premises to a condition which complies with all Environmental Laws; provided that Landlord’s approval of such actions shall first be obtained, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld so long as such actions, in Landlord’s reasonable discretion, would not potentially have any materially adverse long-term or short-term effect on the Premises, and, in any event, Landlord shall not withhold its approval of any proposed actions which are required by applicable Environmental Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Lease contained, the foregoing indemnity shall not apply to: (i) any Hazardous Materials which exist in the Premises or elsewhere in the SiteProject prior to and as of the Lease Commencement Date, or (ii) any Hazardous Materials introduced to the Project by other tenants within their respective premises, or (iii) injury to any Hazardous Materials the presence of which were not caused or contamination permitted by the acts or omissions of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expenseemployees, agents, consultants and/or contractors.
29.31.6 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Lease, if Tenant fails to cure any breach or default of this SECTION 29.31 within five (5) business days after written notice from Landlord (or if such default cannot be cured within said five day period, to commence to cure said period during said five day period and diligently proceed to cure such default within thirty (30) days), such failure shall promptly take all actions necessary constitute a default under this Lease, and in the event of such a default, in addition to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real remedies available to Landlord under this Lease, Landlord may terminate this Lease upon ten (10) days written notice to Tenant.
29.31.7 Tenant shall, after Tenant, and anyone claiming by, through or personal property owned by Landlord to under Tenant, vacate the condition existing Premises, and immediately prior to the introduction time that Tenant delivers the Premises to Landlord: (i) cause the Premises to be decommissioned in accordance with the regulations of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and/or the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for the control of radiation; (ii) provide a written report by a licensed industrial hygienist or equivalent to confirm that the Premises contain no contaminants per the National Institute of Health (or its successor organization) rules and regulations on bio-safety as administered by the Department of Health; and (iii) provide a copy of its most current chemical waste removal manifest and a certification from an officer of Tenant that no chemicals remain in the Premises.
29.31.8 Landlord shall have the right from time to time to conduct (or retain one or more consultants to conduct) environmental audits of the Premises to ensure and verify Tenant’s compliance with this SECTION 29.31, upon three (3) business days advance written notice to Tenant. Tenant agrees to cooperate with the person or entity conducting said audit and to supply all information reasonably requested in connection therewith. Tenant shall pay the cost of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair audit if such audit discloses that Tenant has materially violated any such injury or contaminationof the provisions of this SECTION 29.31; otherwise, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment the cost of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, said audit shall be paid for by Landlord.
29.31.9 Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence not dispose of any Hazardous Materials onat the Project (including, under without limitation, placing, or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to permitting any Hazardous Materials claims; provided howeverto be placed into the sewer system servicing the Project), Landlord’s prior except as permitted by law in approved and environmentally safe containers which Tenant will dispose of off-site. Tenant shall give Landlord written consent shall not notice annually (and from time to time, if changed) of the name, address and telephone number of the contractor that will be necessary in the event that the presence responsible for removal of all Hazardous Materials on, under or about disposed of by Tenant from the Premises and/or the Project.
29.31.10 Tenant shall provide Landlord with a copy of its Chemical Hygiene Plan (as set forth in OSHA 1910.1450) annually, or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary more often as and when it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, theamended.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Office Lease (Exact Sciences Corp), Sublease Agreement (Exact Sciences Corp)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this LeaseThe Tenant hereby covenants that it will not bring or allow to be brought to, in or on the term “Leased Premises any Hazardous Materials” includes Materials (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theoryhereinafter defined), and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall it will not cause or permit to be caused any Hazardous Materials to be brought uponplaced, storedheld, located, used, generatedprocessed, released stored or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about at the Premises for the twelve-month period prior theretoLeased Premises, and which Tenant desires to storethat its business and assets will at all times during the Term of this Lease operate and be maintained in compliance with applicable laws, generateregulations and standards, usecriteria, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In additionpolicies and guidelines (in each case, to the extent Tenant is permitted required by law) intended to utilize hazardous Materials upon protect and/or conserve the Premisesenvironment and/or protect human and/or animal health and well-being (individually and collectively being the “Laws”), Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies including, without limitation, Laws respecting the control, handling, management, labeling, reporting, notification, processing, storage, discharge, emission, spill, leakage or disposal of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed that it will not do or omit to be done anything that will cause any regulatory or enforcement actions or activities in respect thereof to be instituted or conducted at the Leased Premises by or against under any statutory or regulatory authority.
(b) The Tenant related covenants that it will permit the Landlord, or those duly authorized by the Landlord, to carry out intrusive work, including drilling, and to conduct tests, inspections, sampling, monitoring and appraisals of the Leased Premises, including, without limitation, the right to conduct soil, air, chemical, materials, and/or water tests, and to take and remove samples, materials, structures and things from the Leased Premises, and any part of the Leased Premises, and any records, business and assets insofar as they relate to the Leased Premises to determine and ensure compliance with any Laws and this paragraph of this Lease, (an “Environmental Audit”) upon reasonable notice to the Tenant of not less than three (3) business days, and further provided that the Landlord shall take all reasonable care to minimize any disruption of the Tenant’s useoperations or use of the Leased Premises.
(c) In the event that the Environmental Audit reveals that the Tenant is storing, handling, storagetransporting, release and/or disposal manufacturing, processing or otherwise dealing with any Hazardous Materials in the Leased Premises in a manner contrary to any applicable laws or regulations, the Landlord shall give the Tenant ten (10) days within which to amend its manner of storing, handling, transporting, manufacturing, processing or otherwise dealing with such Hazardous Materials to comply with acceptable environmental protection practices. The Tenant shall further forthwith carry out such procedures as are, in the sole and reasonable opinion of the Landlord, necessary to correct any damage which may have been caused to the Leased Premises and any adjoining lands, and to forestall any damage to the Leased Premises by the Tenant and adjoining lands which in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord may be created by the unsatisfactory storing, handling, transporting, manufacturing, processing or otherwise dealing with any Hazardous Materials by the Tenant.
(d) In the event that the Tenant shall be in default of the provisions hereof and fail to amend its practices or take such corrective measures as are required pursuant to sub-paragraph (c) immediately preceding within the aforesaid ten (10) day period, or such shorter period of time if the Landlord, acting reasonably, believes that an emergency exists, the Landlord shall have the right to enter upon the Leased Premises and carry out such procedures as are, in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord, legally necessary to correct any damage which may have been caused to the Leased Premises by the Tenant, or to forestall any damage to the Leased Premises which in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord may be created by the unsatisfactory storing, handling, transporting, manufacturing, processing or otherwise dealing with such Hazardous Materials, and the Tenant shall pay to the Landlord on demand, as Additional Rent, all costs and expenses of carrying out such procedures.
(e) The Tenant will fully comply with the orders of all governmental authorities concerning pollution control and environmental clean-ups of the Leased Premises for which it is responsible under this Lease, and if the Landlord is required by the governmental authorities to do anything in relation to an environmental problem caused by the Tenant, the Tenant will, upon receipt of notice from the Landlord, carry out the order at the Tenant’s expense. If the Tenant fails or refuses to promptly and fully carry out an order, or if, in the Landlord’s reasonable opinion, the Tenant is not competent to carry out the order, the Landlord may, upon notice to the Tenant, carry out the whole or any part of the order, and the Tenant will pay all costs incurred by the Landlord in so doing, together with an administration fee of fifteen percent (15%) of such costs.
(f) In the event that the Tenant ascertains that Hazardous Materials from off-site will likely migrate or have already migrated into, onto or through the Leased Premises, the Tenant shall forthwith notify that Landlord thereof; failing such notification the Tenant shall indemnify the Landlord for any costs or liability incurred by the Landlord as a result of such Hazardous Materials.
(dg) The Tenant hereby indemnifies the Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, agrees to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and hold it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord harmless from and against any and all losses, liabilities, lossesrequirements, directions, orders damages, diminution in valuecosts, judgmentsexpenses and claims of any and every kind whatsoever which at any time or from time to time may be asserted against or issued to the Landlord, finesor paid, demandsincurred or suffered by the Landlord, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeablewith respect to, arising directly from or indirectly out as a result of the use, generation, storage, treatmentpresence, release, on- discharge, emission, spill, handling, containment or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials at, in, on, through and/or from the Leased Premises or into, in, through or on any land, air, water or wet land, where the source or the presence of the Hazardous Materials is from, relates to, or arises from the Tenant’s and/or its employee’s, guest’s, contractor’s, occupant’s, invitee’s, hauler’s, transporter’s, and those for whom the Tenant is at law or otherwise responsible or liable, use, occupation or operations at or related to the Leased Premises (including, without limitation: (i) the costs of responding to, defending, appealing, reviewing, counter-claiming and/or claiming over against or in respect of any action, application, order, direction or matter caused by or arising from such use, occupation or operations and (ii) any cost, liability or damages arising out of a settlement or compromise of any action or proceeding entered into or suffered by the Landlord with or without the consent of the Tenant, caused by or arising from such use, occupation or operations);
(h) The Landlord hereby indemnifies the Tenant and agrees to hold it harmless from and against any and all losses, liabilities, requirements, directions, orders damages, costs, expenses and claims of any and every kind whatsoever which at any time or from time to time may be asserted against or issued to the Tenant, or paid, incurred or suffered by the Tenant, with respect to, arising from or as a result of the presence, release, discharge, emission, spill, handling, containment or disposal of Hazardous Materials at, in, on, through and/or from the Leased Premises or into, in, through or on any land, air, water or wet land, where the source or the presence of the Hazardous Materials is from, relates to, or arises from any condition of the Leased Premises existing as of the Commencement Date, or any condition of the Leased Premises caused by the Landlord’s and/or its employee’s, guest’s, contractor’s, occupant’s, invitee’s, hauler’s, transporter’s, prior tenants and those for whom the Landlord is at law or otherwise responsible or liable, use, occupation or operations at or related to the Leased Premises (including, without limitation: (i) the costs of responding to, defending, appealing, reviewing, counter-claiming and/or claiming over against or in respect of any action, application, order, direction or matter caused by or arising from such use, occupation or operations and (ii) any cost, liability or damages arising out of a settlement or compromise of any action or proceeding entered into or suffered by the Tenant with or without the consent of the Landlord, caused by or arising from such use, occupation or operations);
(i) The provisions of this paragraph, and the undertakings and indemnifications set out in this paragraph, shall survive the termination of this Lease by reason of effluxion of time or otherwise.
(j) For purposes of this paragraph, “Hazardous Materials” means any contaminant, pollutant, chemical, substance, material product and/or thing that when placed, released, emitted or discharged to, on, into, fromthrough or from the natural environment, under structure or about building may then cause or result in, or at some immediate or future time cause or result in, impairment, adverse effect, risk, harm or degradation to the natural environment, or risk harm to human health and/or flora and fauna; and without restricting the generality of the foregoing, Hazardous Materials includes any degraded, reduced or resulting chemical, or anything defined in any applicable statute or regulation as a hazardous waste or hazardous material, or any subset thereof.
(k) The Landlord hereby represents that to the best of its knowledge:
(i) any Hazardous Materials at the Leased Premises are being used, stored and processed in compliance with applicable Laws, or consistent with accepted industry practice and usage;
(ii) except as disclosed in Schedule “B”, parties operating at the Leased Premises are now materially complying with applicable Laws;
(iii) except as disclosed in Schedule “B”, there are not now, nor have there been during the Landlord’s period of ownership of the Leased Premises any significant releases of Hazardous Materials at the Leased Premises; and,
(iv) there are no pending or extant environmental enforcement or administrative actions, charges, orders, prosecutions, claims or notices of violation against or issued to the Landlord and/or its current tenant in respect of or related to the Leased Premises excepting those described on Schedule “B” attached hereto (collectively the “Claims”). Without limiting the generality of paragraph 33(d) above, the Building Landlord agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost Tenant in respect of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thesuch Claims.
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Sources: Combination Agreement (Fenix Parts, Inc.), Combination Agreement (Fenix Parts, Inc.)
Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary:
A. Tenant covenants and agrees that it shall not cause, conduct, authorize or allow (ai) the presence, generation, transportation, storage, treatment, or usage at the Premises, or any portion thereof, of any Hazardous Material in violation of or as would give rise to liability under Environmental Laws; (ii) a Release or threat of Release of any Hazardous Material on, under, about or in the Premises; or (iii) any violation of or liability under any Environmental Law at or with respect to the Premises or activities conducted thereon. For purposes avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 27.A shall prohibit Tenant from using at the Premises (I) cleaning materials, pesticides, and other common household and office products, and/or (II) materials in connection with any fuel tanks, generators or the like on the Premises, solely to the extent, with respect to each of the preceding clauses (I) and (II), that any such use thereof is in compliance with Environmental Laws. Further, nothing in this Section 27.A shall prohibit Tenant from storing and distributing products which contain or are Hazardous Materials, to the extent, with respect to the preceding clause, that any such storage and distribution are in compliance with Environmental Laws and are in the ordinary course of Tenant’s business.
B. Tenant shall, at its own cost, comply and ensure that the Premises and all operations and activities at the Premises comply with all Environmental Laws and the terms of this Lease, the term “Lease with respect to Hazardous Materials” includes . Tenant shall, at its own cost, obtain all permits, licenses and authorizations required under Environmental Laws for the operations and activities conducted at the Premises.
C. Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with notice of any actual or potential violation of Environmental Laws, any Release of Hazardous Materials in or around the Premises that could impact the Premises or require any investigation, remediation or other response action under Environmental Law, and any claim or threat of a claim asserting any liability under Environmental Laws relating to the Premises, and copies of all reports, site assessments, and material communications, permits or agreements to, from or with any governmental authority or other third party relating to such violation, Release or claim; and
D. Landlord and Landlord’s Representatives, including such environmental consultants as Landlord may designate, shall have the right upon reasonable prior notice, and subject to Section 14 hereof, to enter the Premises and/or conduct appropriate tests and investigations for the purpose of assessing the condition of the Premises or ascertaining that Tenant complies with the terms of this Lease and with all applicable Environmental Laws that relate in any way to the Premises.
E. If the presence, Release, threat of Release, presence or placement on, in or around the Premises, or the generation, transportation, storage, use, treatment, or disposal at or around the Premises of any Hazardous Material by Tenant, Tenant’s Representatives, or by any third party other than Landlord or Landlord’s Representatives: (i) gives rise to liability or obligation (including, but not limited to, any investigatory, remedial, removal, reporting, or other response action) under any Environmental Law, (ii) causes or threatens to cause a material and adverse effect on public health or occupational safety and health, (iii) pollutes or threatens to pollute the environment, or endanger human health, or (iv) otherwise violates Environmental Law, Tenant shall promptly take any and all remedial and removal actions required by Environmental Laws or otherwise necessary to clean up the Premises to comply with all environmental standards applicable to the Premises given its use at the time of the remediation and mitigate exposure to liability arising from the Hazardous Material.
F. Tenant shall promptly notify Landlord upon Tenant becoming aware of: (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) enforcement action, investigation, cleanup, notice of violation, or other regulatory action taken or threatened against either party or otherwise related to the California Health and Safety CodePremises by any governmental authority with respect to the presence of any Hazardous Material at the Premises, or the migration thereof from or to other property, (ii) any demands or claims made or threatened by any governmental authority or other substance person against either party hereto or matter which results in liability otherwise relating to any person actual or entity alleged violation of or liability under Environmental Laws or relating to any loss or injury resulting from exposure to such substance any Hazardous Material or matter under any statutory or common law theorybased on Environmental Laws, and (iii) any substance Release of Hazardous Materials, unlawful discharge, or matter which non-routine, improper or unlawful disposal or transportation of any Hazardous Material on or from the Premises, and (iv) any matters where Tenant is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining required by Environmental Law to give a notice to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit governmental authority respecting any Hazardous Materials to be brought uponin, storedat, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on under or about the Premises, and/or and Tenant shall thereafter keep Landlord reasonably apprised with respect to conduct periodic inspections the status and Tenant’s actions to resolve such matters, and shall furnish Landlord with such other documents and information as Landlord may reasonably request with respect thereto. At such times as Landlord may reasonably request, Tenant shall provide Landlord with a written list identifying any Hazardous Material then actually known by Tenant to be used, stored, or maintained in, on or upon the Premises. In such case, Tenant shall if requested by Landlord provide Landlord with information with respect to the use and approximate quantity of each such material, a copy of any Material Safety Data Sheet issued by the manufacturer therefor, written information concerning the removal, transportation, and disposal of the same, and such other information as the Landlord may reasonably require or as may be required by Environmental Laws.
G. Tenant shall indemnify, defend and hold Landlord and the Landlord Indemnified Parties harmless, in the manner specified in Section 20, from and against any and all liability, claim, expense, cause of action, fines, judgments, settlements, investigation, monitoring and remediation costs, penalties, losses and damages (including reasonable attorney’s, consultant’s and contractor’s fees) resulting or arising from (i) the breach by Tenant of its covenants and agreements set forth in this Section 27, (ii) the presence, Release, placement on, in or around the Premises, or the generation, transportation, storage, generation, use, release and/or treatment or disposal at or around the Premises of such any Hazardous Materials before or during the Term and any Renewal Term, as applicable, by Tenant on or any third party other than Landlord or Landlord’s Representatives, (iii) any violation of or obligation under Environmental Law before or during the Term and from the Premisesany Renewal Term, as applicable, by Tenant or any third party other than Landlord or Landlord’s Representatives, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred (iv) claims by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent governmental authorities or other third parties associated with Hazardous Materials or violations of a violation or obligations under Environmental Laws by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Leaseor any third party other than Landlord or Landlord’s Representatives, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of or Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnairepresent at, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for before or during the twelve-month period prior theretoTerm and any Renewal Term, and which Tenant desires to storeas applicable, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligationincluding, without limitation upon those that were discovered during the Term and any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this LeaseRenewal Term, as applicable, which were caused prior to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal Term by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agentsrepresentatives, employees, contractors, subcontractors, licensees or invitees results in or any third party other than Landlord or Landlord’s Representatives. The foregoing indemnity obligations shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.
H. At Landlord’s request, at any time (i1) injury to during the last year of the Term (or any personRenewal Term, as applicable), (ii2) injury in connection with any future sale, financing or other transaction by Landlord related to the Premises, or any contamination (3) Landlord receives information indicating the presence of an environmental condition at the Premises requiring investigation, Tenant shall commission and provide to Landlord, or Landlord may commission, in each event, at Tenant’s sole cost and expense, a Phase I site assessment and, if warranted in Landlord’s sole discretion, a Phase II site assessment of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, at Tenant, at its ’s sole cost and expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return for purposes of confirming the environmental condition of the Premises and Tenant’s compliance with the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to terms of the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency Lease with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, theenvironmental matters.
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Sources: Lease Agreement (Big Lots Inc), Lease Agreement (Big Lots Inc)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, The Borrower Parties and the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” Macerich Core Entities have caused Phase I and the other environmental assessments as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federalSchedule 6.15 to be conducted or have taken other steps to investigate the past and present environmental condition and use of their Properties (as used in this Section 6.15 and Section 7.9, California or local law or regulation pertaining the “Environmental Properties”). Based on such investigation, except as otherwise disclosed on Schedule 6.15, to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
the best knowledge of the Borrower and MAC: (b1) Tenant shall not cause or permit any no Hazardous Materials to be brought uponhave been discharged, storeddisposed of, used, generated, or otherwise released or disposed of on, under, or from or about the Premises Environmental Properties so as to be reasonably expected to result in a violation of Hazardous Materials Laws and a material adverse effect to such Environmental Property or the Site owner thereof; (including without limitation 2) the soil owners of the Environmental Properties have obtained all material environmental, health and groundwater thereundersafety permits and licenses necessary for their respective operations, and all such permits are in good standing and the holder of each such permit is currently in compliance with all terms and conditions of such permits, except to the extent the failure to obtain such permits or comply therewith is not reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or any material violation of Hazardous Materials Laws or in a material adverse effect to such Environmental Property or the owner thereof; (3) without none of the prior written consent Environmental Properties is listed or proposed for listing on the National Priorities List (“NPL”) pursuant to CERCLA or on the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation Liability Information System List (“CERCLIS”) or any similar applicable state list of Landlordsites requiring remedial action under any Hazardous Materials Laws; (4) none of the owners of the Environmental Properties has sent or directly arranged for the transport of any hazardous waste to any site listed or proposed for listing on the NPL, CERCLIS or any similar state list; (5) there is not now on or in any Environmental Property: (a) any landfill or surface impoundment; (b) any underground storage tanks; (c) any asbestos-containing material; or (d) any polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), which in the case of any of clauses (a) through (d) could reasonably result in a violation of any Hazardous Materials Laws and a material adverse effect to such Environmental Property or the owner thereof; (6) no environmental Lien has attached to any Environmental Properties; and (7) no other event has occurred with respect to the presence of Hazardous Materials on or under any of the Properties of the Borrower Parties or the Macerich Core Entities, which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant on the Closing Date all of the representations set forth above shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products be true and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging correct with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all Properties of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises Borrower Parties and the Site Macerich Core Entities (and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to not only the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expensesDesignated Environmental Properties), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, the.
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this LeaseAgreement, the term definition of “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) shall be as defined within 49 C.F.R. Parts 105 through 180, or any “hazardous materials” Hazardous Substances”, as defined in 42 U.S.C. Section 25501(n) 9601, or as defined by any other federal, state or local statute, ordinance or regulation (such terms together referred to herein as “Hazardous Materials”).
A. CLIENT has represented to OHL that none of the California Health Products, goods or materials which CLIENT will submit to OHL for the purposes of this Agreement, constitute or contain Hazardous Materials.
B. CLIENT shall not deliver to OHL any Products, goods or materials that constitute or contain Hazardous Materials, as defined in this Agreement, unless, prior to delivery of such Hazardous Materials, CLIENT has
(1) notified OHL, in writing, of CLIENT’s intent to deliver such Hazardous Materials:
(2) provided MSDS sheets or other written information, satisfactory to OHL, in OHL’s sole discretion, which details the nature of the Hazardous Materials and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance packaging or matter which results in liability to any person shipping specifications or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theorylimitations, and amended or updated Exhibit C, to reflect all such requirements; and
(iii3) OHL, in OHL’s sole discretion, has, in writing, approved the delivery of such Hazardous Materials, and the amendments or modifications to Exhibit C.
C. If any substance Products, goods or matter materials which is were not Hazardous Materials at the time CLIENT delivered them to the possession of OHL shall subsequently be classified to constitute or contain Hazardous Materials, as defined in excess this Agreement, CLIENT shall immediately notify OHL that such products, goods or materials have been classified to constitute or contain Hazardous Materials, and shall provide OHL the information required by Subsection B above within [***] of permitted levels set forth CLIENT learning that the Products, goods or materials have been classified to constitute or contain Hazardous Materials.
D. If CLIENT gives notice to OHL, as provided for in any federalSection C above, California that Products, goods or local law materials which have been previously delivered to OHL have subsequently been classified as constituting or regulation pertaining containing Hazardous Materials, OHL may, in OHL’s sole discretion, elect, in writing, to any hazardous either continue to store, handle and ship the Products, goods and materials constituting or toxic substancecontaining Hazardous Materials, material or, alternatively, to give notice to CLIENT that all such Products, goods or wastematerials will be returned to CLIENT, or delivered to CLIENT’s designee, as soon as reasonably possible, at CLIENT’s expense
(1) If OHL elects to continue to store, handle and ship such Products, goods or materials, OHL may relocate such Products, goods or materials within the Warehouse for purpose of proper storage, and all expenses and costs so incurred shall be considered as Services rendered for purposes of this Agreement and subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
(b2) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord mayIf OHL, in its sole discretion, place elects to require the return of such conditions Products goods or services to CLIENT, then OHL may, at its sole discretion, utilize the services of an independent contractor which specializes in handling, packaging and shipments of Hazardous Materials, and charge all expenses and costs so incurred back to CLIENT, and such expenses and costs shall be considered as Landlord deems appropriate Services rendered for purposes of this agreement and subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
E. Should CLIENT deliver any Products, goods or materials to OHL, which CLIENT reasonably believed not to constitute or contain Hazardous Materials, but which in fact did, at the time of delivery to the Warehouse, constitute or contain Hazardous Materials, the provisions of Section D above shall control for purposes of the return of such materials to CLIENT, while the provisions of Section F shall control for purposes of liability and indemnification.
F. If CLIENT knowingly or unknowingly tenders OHL Products, goods or materials which constitute or contain Hazardous Materials, without complying with respect the requirements of this Section 21, CLIENT shall indemnify, defend and hold OHL harmless against any and all liability which may arise from or relate to any the storage or transportation of such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the rightliabilities including, but not the obligationlimited to, to inspectany cargo toss or damage and/or any party and/or third party claims for personal injury, sample death and/or monitor the Premisesproperty damage, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, including but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, limited to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord damage to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy environment, attorneys fees and/or any penalties or repair fines levied upon OHL by any such injury local, state or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thefederal agency.
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Sources: Logistics Services Agreement (Honest Company, Inc.)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” " includes (i) any “"hazardous materials” " as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such commercially reasonable conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s 's business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s 's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s 's expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s 's business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s 's expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(ed) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (iid) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SitePremises, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s 's prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s 's prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s 's consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s 's interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ ' fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, and the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease. If Landlord at any time discovers that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about the Premises or any other real or
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Sources: Industrial Lease (Minimed Inc)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this LeaseNotwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause keep, maintain, use or permit store any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed in any portions of on, under, from or about the Premises other than the Lab Premises and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11.3 (except that, with respect to the Office Premises, Tenant may use standard office supplies; provided that Tenant uses, stores and disposes such substances in proper containers and in compliance with all Environmental Laws, and Tenant obtains and complies with all permits required by Environmental Laws prior to the use or presence of any such substances in the Site (including without limitation Office Premises). As a material inducement to Landlord to allow Tenant to use Hazardous Materials in the soil and groundwater thereunder) Lab Premises in connection with its business, Tenant shall not, without the prior written consent of Landlord (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed), bring or permit to be brought or kept in or on the Lab Premises or elsewhere in the Building or the Property (i) any inflammable, combustible or explosive fluid, material, chemical or substance (except for standard office supplies stored in proper containers); and (ii) any Hazardous Material (hereinafter defined), other than Tenant’s Hazardous Materials (as hereinafter defined), provided that the same shall at all times be brought upon, kept or used in so-called ‘control areas’ (the number and size of which shall be reasonably determined by Landlord) and in accordance with all applicable Environmental Laws (hereinafter defined) and prudent environmental practice and (with respect to medical waste and so-called “biohazard” materials) good scientific and medical practice. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ agrees to deliver to Landlord, at least sixty (60) days prior to the Phase II Commencement Date, a list identifying the types and quantities of Hazardous Materials that Tenant proposes to keep, maintain, use or store at the Premises (“Tenant’s Hazardous Materials”), which initial list of Tenant’s Hazardous Materials shall be subject to Landlord’s reasonable review and approval. Without limiting the foregoing or any of the other requirements or conditions set forth in this Section 11.3, Tenant shall be required to operate any control areas within the Lab Premises in accordance with the parameters set forth on Exhibit L attached hereto. Tenant shall be responsible for assuring that all laboratory uses are adequately and properly vented. On or before each anniversary of the Phase II Commencement Date, and on any earlier date during the 12-month period on which Tenant intends to add a new Hazardous Material or materially increase the quantity of any Hazardous Material to the list of Tenant’s Hazardous Materials, Tenant shall submit to Landlord an updated list of Tenant’s Hazardous Materials for Landlord’s review and approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such of Tenant’s Hazardous Materials are necessary which Tenant does not properly handle, store or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed dispose of in a manner that complies compliance with all applicable laws Environmental Laws, prudent environmental practice and regulations pertaining thereto (with respect to medical waste and with so-called “biohazard materials”) good business practices. scientific and medical practice, Tenant understands shall, upon written notice from Landlord, no longer have the right to bring such material into the Building or the Property until Tenant has demonstrated, to Landlord’s reasonable satisfaction, that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant Tenant has implemented programs to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storagethereafter properly handle, generation, release, disposal store or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal dispose of such Hazardous Materials by material. In order to induce Landlord to waive its otherwise applicable requirement that Tenant on and maintain insurance in favor of Landlord against liability arising from the presence of radioactive materials in the Lab Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding limiting the foregoing, Tenant shall nothereby represents and warrants to Landlord that at no time during the Term will Tenant bring upon, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response or permit to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premisesbrought upon, the Building and the Site and Lab Premises any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by radioactive materials whatsoever (except for those contained, in accordance with Legal Requirements, in Tenant’s equipment, such as its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, theimaging devices).
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Sources: Lease (Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes the purpose of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) shall mean any “pollutant, toxic substance, hazardous materials” waste, hazardous material, hazardous substance, or oil as defined in Section 25501(nor pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, the Federal Clean Water Act, or any other federal, state, or local environmental law, regulation, ordinance, rule, or by‑law, whether existing as of the date hereof, previously enforced, or subsequently enacted (collectively, “Hazardous Materials Laws”). Lessee EXPRESSLY AND FULLY RELEASES Lessor and the State of Hawaii, their successors, and each past, present, or future officer, director, employee, attorney, or agent of Lessor, the State of Hawaii, and their successors, from any and all liability and claims Lessee or ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s successors or assigns may have against it or them, which may arise out of or may directly or indirectly be attributable to the past, present or future use, generation, manufacture, treatment, handling, refining, production, storage, release, discharge, disposal or presence of any Hazardous Materials or any distribution, generation, handling, importing, management, manufacturing, processing, production, refinement, release, storage, transfer, transportation, treatment, or use (including any withdrawal or other use of groundwater) of Hazardous Materials in, on, under, about or from the California Health and Safety CodePremises or any part thereof into the environment, (ii) any other substance or matter which results not in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant compliance with Hazardous Materials Laws. Lessee shall not cause or permit the escape, disposal, or release of any Hazardous Materials except as permitted by Hazardous Materials Laws. Lessee shall not allow the storage or use of such materials in any manner not sanctioned by Hazardous Materials Laws or by the highest standards prevailing in the industry for the storage and use of such materials, nor allow to be brought upononto the Premises any such materials except to use in the ordinary course of ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s business or except as may be contained in household products brought onto the Premises by subtenants. If any lender or governmental agency shall ever require testing to ascertain whether or not there has been any release of Hazardous Materials on the Premises, storedthen Lessee shall be responsible for the reasonable costs thereof. Unless Lessee is required by applicable law to give earlier notice to Lessor, usedLessee shall notify Lessor in writing as soon as possible but in no event later than three (3) days after: (i) Lessee becomes aware of the occurrence of any actual release of any Hazardous Materials in, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from from, or about the Premises (whether past or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the likepresent), provided howeverregardless of the source or quantity of any such release, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and or (ii) all Lessee becomes aware of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storageany regulatory actions, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord mayinvestigations, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to or proceedings (including any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary threatened or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal contemplated investigations or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidentialproceedings) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor potentially affecting the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination Lessee becomes aware of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary claims relating to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials in, on, under under, from, or about the Premise (all such matters set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) hereinafter referred to as “Hazardous Materials Claims”). Lessee shall promptly forward to Lessor copies of all orders, notices, and other communications in connection with any Hazardous Materials Claims. Additionally, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall promptly advise Lessor in writing of ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s discovery of any occurrence or condition on, in, under, or about the Premises that could subject Lessee or Lessor to any liability, or restrictions on ownership, occupancy, transferability, or use of the Site or Premises under any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or Hazardous Materials Laws. Lessee shall not enter into any similar agreementlegal proceeding or other action, consentsettlement, decree consent decree, or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided howeverClaims without first notifying Lessor of ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s intention to do so and affording Lessor the opportunity to join and participate, Landlordas a party if Lessor so elects, in such proceedings, and in no event shall Lessee enter into any agreements which are binding on Lessor or the Premises without Lessor’s prior written consent consent. Lessor shall not be necessary have the right to appear at and participate in the event that the presence of any and all legal or other administrative proceedings concerning any Hazardous Materials Claim. If the existence or any release of any Hazardous Materials in, on, under under, from, or about the Premises or shall occur at any time during the Site or term of this Lease that requires response actions of any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord kind, in addition to notifying Lessor as specified above, Lessee, at its own sole cost and expense, shall: (i) imposes an immediate threat immediately comply with any and all reporting requirements imposed pursuant to the healthany and all Hazardous Materials Laws, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate take any and all necessary investigation, corrective, and remedial response is necessary action in accordance with any and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such actionall applicable Hazardous Materials Laws. To the fullest extent permitted by lawLessee shall be responsible for and shall protect, Tenant shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises Lessor and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord State of Hawaii harmless from and against any and all losses, liabilities, lossescosts, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ feesthat first arise during the term of this Lease while Lessee is in possession and Lessor is not in possession, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly arising out of or attributable to the presence, use, generation, storagemanufacture, treatment, handling, refining, production, processing, storage, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation presence of Hazardous Materials in, on, intounder, from, under or about the Premises. The foregoing obligations of Lessee shall include, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation limitation: (i) the cost costs of any required or necessary removal, repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification remediation of the Premises, theand the preparation and implementation of any closure, removal, remedial or other required plans; (ii) judgments for personal injury or property damages; and (iii) all costs and expenses incurred by Lessor in connection therewith. Except as set forth above, it is the express intention of the parties to this Lease that Lessee assumes all losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses, and holds Lessor and the State of Hawaii harmless from the same. This Section shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.
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Sources: Ground Lease
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes Lessee shall operate and maintain the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Assets and conduct all of this Leaseits other activities in respect thereof in compliance in all material respects with any Applicable Laws relating to air, water, land and the term “generation, storage, use, handling, transportation, treatment or disposal of Hazardous Materials” includes (i) Material. Lessee shall promptly notify Lessor of any “hazardous materials” as defined such violation and, to the extent Lessee becomes aware of any environmental, health, safety or security matter that requires a corrective action, Lessee shall, in Section 25501(n) of consultation with Lessor, undertake and complete such corrective action. Lessee shall have the California Health and Safety Codeobligation to report any such violations to the appropriate Regulatory Authorities in accordance with Applicable Law and, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability if practicable, shall give notice thereof to any person or entity from exposure Lessor prior to making such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or wastereport.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed Without limiting the generality of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant Lessee shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that not (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packagingplace or locate any underground tanks on the property underlying the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Assets, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storagegenerate, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord maymanufacture, in its sole discretiontransport, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materialsproduce, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generateduse, storedtreat, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generationstore, release, disposal dispose of or use otherwise deposit Hazardous Materials in or on the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Assets, the property underlying the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Assets or any portion thereof other than as permitted by Applicable Laws that govern the same or are applicable thereto, (iii) permit any other substances, materials or conditions in, on or emanating from the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Assets, the property underlying the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Assets or any portion thereof which may support a claim or cause of action under any Applicable Law or (iv) undertake any action that would reasonably be expected to cause an unauthorized release of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about at the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of property underlying the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Assets.
(c) Prior to the execution Lessee shall periodically, at intervals determined in its reasonable discretion in accordance with Good Utility Practice or as required by Applicable Law, at Lessee’s sole expense, conduct inspections of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant all components of the kinds ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Assets to ensure compliance with Applicable Laws and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposesSection 4.6, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary promptly notify Lessor of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release results of any Hazardous Material onsuch inspections. Lessor may, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at TenantLessor’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord conduct its own testing at times determined in its reasonable discretion, and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference after reasonable consultation with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligationLessee, to join ensure Lessee’s compliance with Applicable Laws and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storagethis Section 4.6, generationprovided, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary that Lessor agrees to indemnify Lessee, in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials onaccordance with Section 12.2, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, Claims arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thefrom such testing.
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Sources: Lease Agreement (InfraREIT, Inc.)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” " includes (i) any “"hazardous materials” " as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or knowingly permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including including, without limitation limitation, the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain ---------------- such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s 's business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials requested for use by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any reasonable costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demanddemand if Tenant is in violation of its obligations under this Section.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “"Environmental Questionnaire”") in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. --------- The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s 's use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel after reasonable prior notice under the circumstances except in the event of an emergency when no advance notice shall be required. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or knowingly permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s 's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s 's expense, including including, without limitation limitation, the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s 's business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s 's expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or knowingly permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s 's prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s 's prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (iI) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s 's consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys reasonably acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s 's interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including including, without limitation limitation, attorneys’ ' fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or knowingly permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including including, without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, and the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease. If Landlord at any time discovers that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or knowingly permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about the Premises or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord's request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord's approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord's approval of such cleanup plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this subsection (e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit C, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were not caused or knowingly permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant's attention.
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For Except as set forth in this Paragraph 19 or any other provision of this Lease, Tenant agrees that neither Tenant nor its agents, employees, contractors or invitees shall handle, use, manufacture, store or dispose of any flammables, explosives, radioactive materials, hazardous waste or materials, toxic wastes or materials, or other similar substances, petroleum products or derivatives (collectively "Hazardous Materials") on, under, or about the Leased Premises or the Airport without Landlord's prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld as long as Tenant demonstrates and documents to Landlord's reasonable satisfaction (i) that such Hazardous Materials (A) are necessary or useful to Tenant's business; and (B) will be used, kept, and stored in compliance with all laws relating to any Hazardous Materials so brought or used or kept in or about the Premises; and (ii) that Tenant will give all required notices concerning the presence in or on the Premises or the release of such Hazardous Materials from the Premises. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant may handle, store, use or dispose of products containing small quantities of Hazardous Materials, which products are of a type customarily found in offices and households (such as aerosol cans containing insecticides, toner for copies, paints, paint remover, and the like), provided that Tenant shall handle, store, use and dispose of any such Hazardous Materials in a safe and lawful manner and shall not allow such Hazardous Materials to contaminate the Premises environment.
(b) Anything to this contrary herein notwithstanding, it is understood and agreed that the permitted uses as set forth in Paragraph 9 hereof contemplate that products which may be Hazardous Materials but are normally and usually associated with the servicing and maintenance of jet aircraft (collectively, the "Permitted Products") will be stored, used and handled in, on or at the Premises, all as more fully identified in Exhibit B attached hereto and made a part hereof.
(c) Tenant further agrees that Tenant will not permit any substance to come into contact with groundwater under the Premises; it being agreed that any such substance which Tenant allows to come into contact with such groundwater shall, regardless of its inherent hazardous characteristics, will be considered a Hazardous Material for purposes of this Lease.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph 19(a), Tenant may handle, store, and use at the term “Leased Premises the Permitted Products, whether or not the same are Hazardous Materials” includes , identified on, and limited to the amounts and the uses described in, Exhibit B to this Lease. Tenant hereby covenants and agrees that it shall (i) at all times comply with applicable laws pertaining to Hazardous Material in the operation of its business, and specifically in the handling, storage, use and disposal of any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of Permitted Products or other Hazardous Materials, at or on the California Health and Safety CodeLeased Premises, (ii) any other substance secure and abide by all permits necessary for Tenant's operations at or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theoryon the Premises, and (iiiii) any substance give or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation post all notices required by all applicable laws pertaining to Hazardous Materials. If Tenant shall at any hazardous or toxic substancetime fail to comply with this Subparagraph 19(d), material or wasteTenant shall immediately notify Landlord in writing of such noncompliance.
(be) Tenant shall not cause or permit provide Landlord with copies of any Material Safety Data Sheets (as required by the Occupational Safety and Health Act) relating to any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generatedkept, released or disposed stored by Tenant at or on the Premises, at least thirty (30) days prior to Tenant's first use, placement, or storage of onsuch Hazardous Material at or on the Premises. Landlord shall have ten (10) days following delivery of such Material Safety Data Sheets to approve or forbid, underin its sole discretion but subject to the limitation contained in Paragraph 19(a) above, from such use, placement, or about storage of such Hazardous Material at or on the Premises.
(f) Except as permitted under this Lease, Tenant shall not store hazardous wastes on the Premises for more than ninety (90) days or in any manner that would potentially violate environmental laws. For the Site (including purposes of this Paragraph 19(f), the term "hazardous waste" shall have the meaning given to such term in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended. Tenant shall not install any underground or above ground storage tanks on the Premises. Tenant shall not dispose of any Hazardous Material or solid waste on the Premises without limitation Landlord's prior consent. In performing any Alterations of the soil and groundwater thereunder) Premises permitted by the Lease, Tenant shall not use or install any Hazardous Material in the Premises without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding .
(g) Any increase in the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within premiums paid by Landlord for necessary insurance on the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and or the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, Airport which arises solely from Tenant's use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use and/or storage of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about (including the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, Permitted Products) shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but ; it being agreed that Tenant shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, increase which arises solely from the use and/or storage of Hazardous Materials in the Leased Premises by Landlord, any Co- Tenant or other permitted occupant, and that any such increase that arises from the use and/or storage of Hazardous Materials or the Permitted Products by Tenant and all or the majority of the Co-Tenants shall be borne by Tenant and the Co-Tenants in proportion to their proportionate interests in Hangar . Tenant shall procure and maintain at Tenant’s expenseits sole expense such additional insurance as may be necessary for Tenant to comply with any requirement of any Federal, shall have the rightState or Local governmental agency with jurisdiction, including, but not the obligationlimited, to join to, pollution liability insurance and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storageon- and off-premises liability insurance, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Siteand such insurance shall name Landlord as an additional insured.
(eh) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials onLandlord, underin its sole discretion, from or about believes that the Premises or the Site caused environment have become contaminated with Hazardous Materials as a result of Tenant's breach or permitted by Tenant or violation of the provisions of this Lease, and such Hazardous Materials must be removed under the laws of the state where the Premises are located, Landlord, in addition to its agentsother rights under this Lease, employeesmay enter upon the Premises and obtain samples from the Premises, contractorsincluding without limitation the sole and groundwater under the Premises, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury for the purposes of analyzing the same to any person, (ii) injury determine whether and to or any contamination of what extent the Premises or the Siteenvironment have become so contaminated. Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for the costs of any inspection, sampling and analysis that discloses contamination caused by Tenant and for which Tenant is liable under the terms of this Lease. Tenant may not perform any sampling, testing, or (iii) injury drilling to or contamination of locate any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return Hazardous Materials on the Premises and the Site and without Landlord's prior written consent.
(i) Without limiting any other affected real or personal property owned by provision of this Paragraph 19, Tenant shall reimburse, defend, indemnify and hold Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials harmless from and to remedy or repair against any such injury or contaminationand all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses, including without limitation, loss of rental income, loss due to business interruption, and reasonable attorneys fees and costs, arising out of or in any cleanupway connected with the use, remediationmanufacture, removalstorage, disposal, neutralization or other treatment disposal of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials by Tenant, its agents, employees or contractors on, under or about the Premises Leased Premises, including, without limitation, the costs of any required or necessary investigation, repair, cleanup or detoxification and the Site or preparation of any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree closure or other compromise with any required plans in connection herewith, compelled by governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided howeverauthority and arising from the use, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence manufacture, storage, or disposal of Hazardous Materials by Tenant, its agents, employees or contractors on, under or about the Leased Premises during the Term. The indemnity obligations of Tenant under this clause shall survive any termination of the Lease. At Landlord's option, Tenant shall perform any required or necessary investigation, repair, cleanup, or detoxification of the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Leased Premises. In such case, Landlord shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to approve all plans, consultants, and cleanup standards. Tenant shall provide Landlord on a timely basis with (i) imposes an immediate threat to the healthcopies of all documents, safety or welfare of any individual or reports, and communications with governmental authorities; and (ii) is notice and an opportunity to attend all meetings with regulatory authorities. Tenant shall comply with all notice requirements of applicable laws, and Landlord and Tenant agree to cooperate with governmental authorities seeking access to the Premises for purposes of sampling or inspection. No disturbance of Tenant's use of the Leased Premises resulting from activities conducted pursuant to this Paragraph 19(i) shall constitute an actual or constructive eviction of Tenant from the Leased Premises. In the event that the performance of such a nature that an immediate remedial response cleanup extends beyond the termination of the Lease, Tenant's obligation to pay Rent will continue until such cleanup is necessary completed and it is not possible any certificate of clearance or similar document evidencing the completion of such cleanup has been delivered to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law.
(j) Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Lease, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend only be responsible for any contamination (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all resulting required cleanup) on the Leased Premises occurring on or any portion of Landlord’s interest in after the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out date that Tenant takes possession of the useLeased Premises. However, Tenant has been afforded sufficient access and opportunity to perform any necessary and desirable environmental due diligence prior to taking possession of the Leased Premises. Consequently, in any legal proceeding relating to environmental conditions upon, under or within the Leased Premises, Tenant shall have the burden of demonstrating by clear and convincing evidence that the presence of any Hazardous Material upon, under or within the Leased Premises, which Tenant used, processed or disposed of in its operations are solely attributable to other tenants, or that the release of such substances predated the effective date of this Lease.
(k) It shall not be unreasonable for Landlord to withhold its consent to any proposed assignment or sublease if (i) the proposed assignee's or sublessee's anticipated use of the Leased Premises involves the generation, storage, treatmentuse, releasetreatment or disposal of Hazardous Materials; (ii) the proposed assignee or sub-lessee has been required by any prior landlord, on- lender, or off-site governmental authority to take remedial action in connection with Hazardous Materials contaminating a property if the contamination resulted from such assignee's or sublessee's actions or use of the property in question; or (iii) the proposed assignee or sublessee is subject to an enforcement order issued by any governmental authority in connection with the use, disposal, or storage of a Hazardous Material.
(l) Tenant shall be obligated to comply with all applicable federal, state or local laws, including any reporting or filing requirements imposed thereunder, concerning the use, manufacture, storage or disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employeesemployees and contractors and any permitted assignee of Tenant, contractorsat, licensees on or invitees, specifically including without limitation under the cost of Hangar Space and the Office Space (and any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification other portions of the Leased Premises) (i) at all times during the Term, thewhether or not this Lease has been assigned by Tenant, and (ii) following the termination of this Lease, by lapse of time or otherwise, to the extent that such continued compliance arises from the use, manufacture, storage or disposal of Hazardous Materials by Tenant, its agents, employees and contractors and any permitted assignee of this Lease, at, on or under the Hangar Space and the Office Space (and any other portions of the Leased Premises) during the Term. In the event that such compliance extends beyond the termination of the Lease, and (A) requires that Tenant remain in occupancy or possession of the Leased Premises under this Lease, or (B) prohibits Landlord, by law or otherwise, from reletting the Hangar Space or the Office Space, Tenant's obligation to pay Rent will continue until the earlier of the date (1) Tenant obligations imposed by such laws are satisfied in full and any certificate of clearance or similar document evidencing Tenant's compliance has been delivered to Landlord, and (2) the date Landlord relets the Hangar Space and the Office Space; it being agreed, however, that if Landlord relets a portion of the Hangar Space and/or the Office Space, the Rent payable by Tenant hereunder shall be reduced proportionately based upon rentable square foot area of such portions which are relet.
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Hazardous Materials. Landlord and Tenant agree as follows with respect to the existence or use of "Hazardous Material" in or on the Premises, the Building or the Complex.
(a) For purposes Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, shall comply with the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRTKA) 42 U.S.C. § 11001-11050, and all other laws, statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations of any local, state or federal governmental authority having jurisdiction concerning environmental, health and safety matters (collectively, "Environmental Laws"), including, but not limited to, any discharge into the air, surface, water, sewers, soil or groundwater of any Hazardous Material (as defined in Article 29.11(c)), whether within or outside the Premises within the Complex. Tenant shall comply with all terms, conditions and guidelines contained in the MWRA permit applicable to the Premises (which Tenant shall be obligated to obtain) and agrees to further acknowledge such agreement to so comply in writing upon request of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Lease requires, or shall be construed to require, Tenant to incur any liability related to or arising from environmental conditions (i) for which the Landlord is responsible pursuant to the terms of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, or (ii) any other substance which existed within the Premises or matter which results in liability the Complex prior to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess the date Tenant takes possession of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or wastethe Premises.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials Material to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released kept or disposed of on, under, from used in or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted Complex by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees contractors or invitees, Landlord without the prior written consent of Landlord, except for Hazardous Materials which are typically used in the operation of offices or laboratories, provided that such materials are stored, used and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any disposed of in strict compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and with good scientific and medical practice. Within five (5) days of Landlord’s request, Tenant shall provide Landlord with a list of all Hazardous Materials, including quantities used and such other rights information as Landlord may reasonably request, used by Tenant in the Premises or otherwise in the Complex. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any of Tenant's Hazardous Material which Tenant does not properly handle, store or dispose of in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and remedies under this Leasegood scientific and medical practice, Tenant shall, upon written notice from Landlord, no longer have the right to bring such material into the Premises, Building of which the Premises is a part or the Complex until Tenant has demonstrated, to immediately enter upon Landlord's reasonable satisfaction, that Tenant has implemented programs to thereafter properly handle, store or dispose of such material.
(c) As used herein, the term "Hazardous Material" means any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste or petroleum derivative which is or becomes regulated by any Environmental Law, specifically including live organisms, viruses and fungi, medical waste, and so-called “biohazard” materials. The term "Hazardous Material" includes, without limitation, any material or substance which is (i) designated as a "hazardous substance" pursuant to Section 1311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1317), (ii) defined as a “hazardous waste” pursuant to Section 1004 of the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq. (42 U.S.C. Section 6903), (iii) defined as a "hazardous substance" pursuant to Section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq. (42 U.S.C. Section 9601), (iv) defined as "hazardous substance" or "oil" under Chapter 21E of the General Laws of Massachusetts, or (v) a so-called “biohazard” or medical waste, or is contaminated with blood or other bodily fluids; and "Environmental Laws" include, without limitation, the laws listed in the preceding clauses (i) through (iv).
(d) Any increase in the premium for necessary insurance on the Premises or the Complex which arises from Tenant's use and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 storage of these Hazardous Materials shall be solely at Tenant’s 's expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord Tenant shall procure and maintain at its agents shall endeavor sole expense such additional insurance as may be necessary to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection comply with any claims arising out requirement of the storageany federal, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant state or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Sitelocal government agency with jurisdiction.
(e) If Tenant hereby covenants and agrees to indemnify, defend and hold Landlord harmless from any and all claims, judgments, damages, penalties, fines, costs, liabilities or losses (collectively "Losses") which Landlord may reasonably incur arising out of contamination of real estate, the presence Complex or other property not a part of any Hazardous Materials onthe Premises, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in which contamination arises as a result of: (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest Material in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord presence of which is caused or permitted by Tenant, or (ii) from a breach by Tenant of its agentsobligations under this Article 29.11. This indemnification of Landlord by Tenant includes, employeeswithout limitation, contractorsreasonable costs incurred in connection with any investigation of site conditions or any cleanup, licensees remedial, removal or inviteesrestoration work required by any federal, specifically including without limitation state or local governmental agency or political subdivision because of Hazardous Material present in the cost soil or ground water on or under the Premises based upon the circumstances identified in the first sentence of this Article 29.11(e). The indemnification and hold harmless obligations of Tenant under this Article 29.11(e) shall survive any termination of this Lease. Without limiting the foregoing, if the presence of any required Hazardous Material in the Building or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup otherwise in the Complex caused or detoxification permitted by Tenant results in any contamination of the Premises, theTenant shall promptly take all actions at its sole expense as are necessary to return the Premises to a condition which complies with all Environmental Laws; provided that Landlord's approval of such actions shall first be obtained, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld so long as such actions, in Landlord's reasonable discretion, would not potentially have any materially adverse long- term or short-term effect on the Premises, and, in any event, Landlord shall not withhold its approval of any proposed actions which are required by applicable Environmental Laws.
(f) On or before the date that Tenant, and anyone claiming by, through or under Tenant, vacates the Premises, and immediately prior to the time that Tenant delivers the Premises to Landlord, Tenant shall:
(1) Cause the Premises to be decommissioned in accordance with the regulations of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and/or the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for the control of radiation, cause the Premises to be released for unrestricted use by the Radiation Control Program of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for the control of radiation, and deliver to Landlord the report of a certified industrial hygienist stating that he or she has examined the Premises (including visual inspection, G▇▇▇▇▇ counter evaluation and airborne and surface monitoring) and found no evidence that such portion contains Hazardous Materials, as defined in this Article 29.11, or is otherwise in violation of any Environmental Law, as defined in this Article 29.11 hereof.
(2) Provide to Landlord a copy of its most current chemical waste removal manifest and a certification from Tenant executed by an officer of Tenant that no Hazardous Materials or other potentially dangerous or harmful chemicals brought onto the Premises from and after the date that Tenant first took occupancy of the Premises remain in the Premises.
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Sources: Lease Agreement (Enumeral Biomedical Holdings, Inc.)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(nTo Contributor’s knowledge, the reports listed on Schedule 4.1(i) attached hereto are all of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance reports in the possession or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess control of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises Contributor [or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging [Property Owner][Tenant]] with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about on the Premises Property or the Site compliance of the Property with Environmental Laws.
(ii) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.1(i) attached hereto, the [Property Owner][Tenant][Contributor] is currently, and for the past ten years or such shorter period the [Property Owner][Tenant][Contributor] has owned [a leasehold interest in] the Property, has been in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws in all material respects with respect to the Property. All past noncompliance by the [Property Owner][Tenant][Contributor] with any such Environmental Laws has been resolved without ongoing material obligations or costs to the [Property Owner][Tenant][Contributor] except as set forth on Schedule 4.1(i) attached hereto.
(iii) Except as otherwise listed on Schedule 4.1(i) attached hereto, the [Property Owner][Tenant][Contributor] has not received written notice (A) that it or the Property have violated any Law or any judicial or agency interpretation or other affected real requirement of any Authority relating to pollution or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to protection of the environment, health, safety or welfare natural resources, including, without limitation, those relating to the use, handling, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, release or discharge of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”) that remain uncured in whole or in part; or (B) of any individual alleged, actual or potential responsibility for, or any inquiry or investigation regarding any release or threatened release of any Hazardous Substance from, or other conditions that exist, at the Property or any other real property previously owned or operated by the [Property Owner][Tenant][Contributor] during the time that such properties were owned or operated by the [Property Owner][Tenant][Contributor] that remain uncured in whole or in part.
(iiiv) Except as otherwise listed on Schedule 4.1(i) attached hereto, [neither] the Contributor [nor the [Property Owner][Tenant]] is [not] subject to any order of an Authority related to the Property or any other real property owned or occupied by the [Property Owner][Tenant][Contributor], nor has the Contributor [or the Property Owner] received written notice of any Proceeding from any Person against the [Contributor][Property Owner][Tenant] or the Property alleging injury or damage to any Person, property, natural resource or the environment arising from or relating to any release or threatened release of any Hazardous Substances with respect to the Property or any other real property owned by the [Property Owner] [Tenant][Contributor] during the time that such a nature properties were owned by the [Property Owner][Tenant][Contributor] that an immediate remedial response remain uncured in whole or in part. Except as otherwise listed on Schedule 4.1(i) attached hereto, [neither] the Contributor [nor the [Property Owner][Tenant]] has [not] received any written request or information from the United States Environmental Protection Agency or any other public, governmental or quasi-governmental agency or authority with jurisdiction over any Environmental Laws relating to any matter that has not previously been fully cured.
(v) Except as set forth in any environmental or other reports listed on Schedule 4.1(i) attached hereto and to the Contributor’s knowledge, there are no and never have been any underground or aboveground storage tanks or any surface impoundments, septic tanks, pits, sumps or lagoons in which Hazardous Materials are being or have been treated, stored or disposed of in violation of Environmental Law on the Property or other property owned or operated by the [Property Owner][Tenant][Contributor] or, to the Contributor’s knowledge, on any property formerly owned or operated by the [Property Owner][Tenant][Contributor]; and there is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such actionno asbestos or asbestos-containing material in or on, or any polychlorinated biphenyls used or stored in or on in violation of any Environmental Law, the Property or other property owned or operated by the [Property Owner][Tenant][Contributor]. To the fullest extent permitted by lawContributor’s knowledge, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, there has been no release, on- discharge or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, on or under the Property or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned or operated by Landlord caused the [Property Owner][Tenant][Contributor] in violation of Environmental Law that remain uncured in whole or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thein part.
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Sources: Contribution Agreement (National Storage Affiliates Trust)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of The term "Hazardous Materials," as used in this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes shall include, without limitation, flammables, explosives, radioactive materials, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (i) any “PCBs), chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity, pollutants, contaminants, hazardous wastes, toxic substances or related materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health , petroleum and Safety Codepetroleum products, (ii) any other substance and substances declared to be hazardous or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter toxic under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to now or hereafter enacted or promulgated by any hazardous or toxic substancegovernmental authority. Tenant shall, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought uponat Tenant's sole expense, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of regulating the use, generation, storage, treatmenttransportation, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials (collectively, "Environmental Laws"). Tenant shall not cause or permit to occur: (a) any violation of any federal, state, or local Environmental Law, ordinance, or regulation now or hereafter enacted, related to environmental conditions in, on, intounder, from, under or about the Premises, or arising from Tenant's use or occupancy of the Premises, including, but not limited to, soil and ground water conditions; or (b) the use, generation, release, manufacture, refining, production, processing, storage, or disposal of any Hazardous Materials in, on, under, or about the Premises, or the transportation to or from the Premises of any Hazardous Materials, in violation of any Environmental Law; provided, however, minor quantities of Hazardous Materials may be used or stored in the Building and on the Property for cleaning purposes, in connection with the use of office equipment and the normal operation of offices by tenants and occupants of the Building and in connection with construction and maintenance activities relating to the Building and the Site Project and, so long as such quantities and the use thereof are permitted by or are exempt from applicable governmental regulation. Tenant shall, at Tenant's own expense, make all submissions to, provide all information required by, and comply with all requirements of all governmental authorities (the "Authorities") under the Environmental Laws. Should any Authority or any third party demand that a clean-up plan be prepared and that a clean-up be undertaken because of any use, deposit, spill, discharge, or other real release of Hazardous Materials that occurs during the Term of this Lease, at or personal property owned from the Premises, or which arises at any time from Tenant's use or occupancy of the Premises, then Tenant shall, at Tenant's sole expense, prepare and submit the required plans and all related bonds and other financial assurances; and Tenant shall carry out all such clean-up plans, all at Tenant's own expense. Tenant shall promptly provide all information regarding the use, generation, storage, transportation, or disposal of Hazardous Materials that is requested by Landlord. If Tenant fails to fulfill any duty imposed under this section within a reasonable time, Landlord may do so; and in such case, Tenant shall cooperate with Landlord in order to prepare all documents Landlord deems necessary or appropriate to determine the applicability of the Environmental Laws to the Premises and Tenant's use thereof, and for compliance therewith, and Tenant shall execute all documents that are accurate promptly upon Landlord's request. No such action by Landlord and no attempt made by Landlord to mitigate damages under any Environmental Law shall constitute a waiver of any of Tenant's obligations under this section. Tenant shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Landlord, the manager of the Project, and their respective officers, directors, beneficiaries, shareholders, partners, agents, and employees from all fines, suits, procedures, claims, and actions of every kind, and all costs associated therewith (including attorneys' and consultants' fees) arising out of or in any way connected with any use, deposit, spill, discharge, or other release of Hazardous Materials that occurs during the Term of this Lease, at or from the Premises, or which arises at any time from Tenant's use or occupancy of the Premises, or from Tenant's failure to provide all information, make all submissions, and take all steps required by all Authorities under the Environmental Laws and all other applicable laws. Any increase in the premiums for necessary insurance on the Building or any portion of the Project which arises from Tenant's use and/or storage of Hazardous Materials shall be solely at Tenant's expense. Tenant shall procure and maintain, at its sole expense, such additional insurance as may be necessary to comply with any requirement of any federal, state or local governmental agency with jurisdiction over the Premises. If Landlord, in its sole discretion, believes that the Premises have become contaminated with Hazardous Materials that must be removed under the Environmental Laws Landlord, in addition to its other rights under this Lease, may enter upon the Premises and obtain samples from the Premises for the purposes of analyzing the same to determine whether and to what extent the Premises have become contaminated. Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for the costs of any inspection, sampling and analysis that discloses contamination for which Tenant is liable under the terms of this Lease. Tenant may not perform any sampling, testing, or drilling to locate any Hazardous Materials on the Premises without Landlord's prior written consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Landlord hereby agrees to indemnify and hold Tenant, Tenant's officers, directors, beneficiaries, shareholders, partners, agents and employees harmless from any and all claims, demands, actions, liabilities, costs, expenses, damages and obligations (including attorneys' and consultants' fees) of any nature arising from, or as a result of (i) the presence or use of any Hazardous Materials anywhere in the Project, Building or the Premises, whether such presence or use was prior to, during, or after Tenant's occupancy of the Premises, if such materials were used or placed there by Landlord or Landlord's agents, contractors, partners, invitees, licensees or employees or Landlord's predecessor-in-title; (ii) the presence or use of any Hazardous Materials in the Premises prior to Tenant's occupancy of the Premises, provided such presence or use was not caused or permitted by Tenant, its employees, agents, contractors, subcontractors, invitees or licensees; and (iii) the presence or use of any Hazardous Materials in the Premises occurring after the expiration or earlier termination of the Term of this Lease, as the same may be extended from time to time, or after Tenant vacates the Premises, whichever occurs last, provided such presence or use was not caused by Tenant, its employees, agents, contractors, subcontractors, invitees or licensees. Landlord represents to the best of Landlord's present knowledge that there are no Hazardous Substances located on the Premises, the removal of which is required or the maintenance of which is prohibited by any local, state or federal agency or authority. Landlord hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Tenant and its officers, directors, employees, contractorsagents and partners from and against any and all expense, licensees loss and liability suffered by Tenant, and/or any such other parties by reason of a violation of this representation. The obligations and liabilities of both parties under this section shall survive the expiration or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification earlier termination of the Premises, theLease.
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Hazardous Materials. Tenant shall not transport, use, store, maintain, generate, manufacture, handle, dispose of, release or discharge any "Hazardous Material" (as defined below) upon or about the Property or permit Tenant's employees, agents, contractors, and other occupants of the Premises to engage in such activities upon or about the Property. However, the foregoing provisions shall not prohibit the transportation to and from, and use, storage, maintenance and handling within, the Premises of substances customarily used in offices (or such other business or activity expressly permitted to be undertaken in the Premises under Article 6); provided:
(a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” such substances shall be used and maintained only in such quantities as defined in Section 25501(n) are reasonably necessary for such permitted use of the California Health Premises and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results strictly in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, accordance with applicable Law and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
the manufacturers' instructions therefor; (b) Tenant such substances shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generateddisposed of, released or discharged on the Property and shall be transported to and from the Premises in compliance with all applicable Laws and as Landlord shall reasonably require; (c) if any applicable Law or Landlord's trash removal contractor requires that any such substance be disposed of on, under, separately from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoingordinary trash, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of make arrangements at Tenant's expense for such disposal directly with a qualified and licensed disposal company at a lawful disposal site (subject to scheduling and approval by Landlord, ) and shall ensure that disposal occurs frequently enough to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal prevent unnecessary storage of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, substances in the Premises; and (iid) all of the other terms any remaining such substances shall be completely, properly and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and lawfully removed from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder Property upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner earlier termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, the
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” " includes (i) any “"hazardous materials” " as defined in Section 25501(n2.5501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided howeverPROVIDED HOWEVER, that (i) Tenant i)Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s 's business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any reasonable costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “"Environmental Questionnaire”") in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s 's use, handlinghanding, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s 's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s 's expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s 's business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s 's expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or and/or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and Premises, the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s 's prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or Premises, the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s 's prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or Premises, the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s 's consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s 's interest in the Premises and Premises, the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ ' fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required requited or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, and the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease. If Landlord at any time discovers that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about the Premises, the Site or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord's request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord's approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Site or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord's approval of such cleanup plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this subsection (e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Premises and/or the Site known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in EXHIBIT C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in EXHIBIT C, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were not caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises and/or the Site that Landlord brings to Tenant's attention.
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes means (i) any “hazardous materialsmaterial” as defined in Section 25501(n25501(o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as a result of such person’s possession, use, storage, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole and absolute discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant’s use, storage and/or disposal of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenantrequiring Landlord’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practicesconsent. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generationuse, release, release and/or disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation ofinvestigation, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s storage, generation, use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto upon at least one (1) business day’s prior written notice from Landlord. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and or the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Building or Project as a result of such Hazardous Materials, the remediation thereof or any repair, restoration or cleanup related thereto. If it is at any time discovered that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord’s request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord’s approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord’s approval of such plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup, remediate and/or remove all such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit C, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which were not caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant’s attention. Tenant hereby acknowledges that this disclosure satisfies any obligation of Landlord to Tenant pursuant to California Health & Safety Code Section 25359.7, or any amendment or substitute thereto or any other disclosure obligations of Landlord.
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Sources: Lease Agreement (Masimo Corp)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” " includes (i) any “"hazardous materials” material" as defined in Section 25501(n25501(o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as a result of such person's possession, use, release or distribution of such substance or matter and that is considered a hazardous material under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local applicable law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or wasteregulation.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which shall not be unreasonably withheld as hereinafter provided. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises Premises: (A) a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office or consumer products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products. ; and (B) those Hazardous Materials (i) in kind and content listed on the Environmental Questionnaire (defined below) delivered to Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place prior to the execution of this Lease or otherwise reasonably related to Tenant's diagnostic business (the "Current HazMats") to the extent that the use of such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate Current HazMats shall comply with all applicable laws and all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant's storage, use and disposal of such Current HazMats, and (ii) reasonably related to any future, non-diagnostic business which Tenant (each a "Future HazMat") to the extent (1) the use of such Hazardous MaterialsFuture HazMats shall comply with all applicable laws and all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant's storage, use and disposal of such Future HazMats, (2) Tenant gives Landlord prior written notice with regard to its proposed use of any Future HazMat, (3) if Landlord reasonably determines that a Future HazMat is materially different in type and risk than the Current HazMats, Landlord may require Tenant obtain the insurance described in Exhibit D, Section 2 in amount commensurate with such different type and risk, and (4) Landlord may place such reasonable conditions with respect to Tenant's use of any Future HazMat and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials Future HazMats are necessary or useful to Tenant’s 's business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials Future HazMats proposed by Tenant as provided in the foregoing sentence on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any reasonable costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord either as a condition to such consent by Landlord or as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “"Environmental Questionnaire”") in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing at the time it makes its annual regulatory disclosures regarding its use of Hazardous Materials or, if no such disclosure is made or required, on or about each anniversary of the Commencement Date, the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires expects to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with shall, upon reasonable notice, make available for inspection and copying complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating theretoto Hazardous Materials utilized by Tenant on or about the Premises: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s 's use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.3, under no circumstances shall (i) any provision in this Section 5.3 require Tenant to disclose to Landlord any document Tenant reasonably believes is attorney-client privileged or attorney work product or (ii) Tenant be required to disclose any confidential materials without such disclosure being subject to the parties' execution of a commercially reasonable non-disclosure agreement.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, after giving Tenant at least 24 hours prior notice (except in an emergency for which no notice shall be required) to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide provide, with prior reasonable notice, Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s 's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense's expense (which expense shall be reasonable under the circumstances), including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s 's business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense's expense (which expense shall be reasonable under the circumstances), shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site(provided that Landlord reasonably determines that an actual or potential conflict of interest between Landlord and Tenant exists or may exist that reasonably requires Landlord to retain a separate attorney from Tenant).
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other directly affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials"Required Condition" (as hereinafter defined). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s 's prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, from, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other directly affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreementagreement to take remedial action, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s 's prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other directly affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s 's consent before taking such action. Landlord shall be responsible for any increased costs or liability to the extent they are directly attributable to Landlord's withholding or delay in providing its consent. As used herein, "Required Condition" shall mean returning the Premises and the Project and any other directly affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to a condition that is both (A) required by applicable federal, state or local law, regulation or order, including without limitation, performing any required cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of Hazardous Materials, and (B) wherein Landlord's marketability, use and leasing thereof as commercial properties is not materially impaired. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys reasonably acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s 's interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other directly affected real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ ' fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and or the Site Project and any other directly affected real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or knowingly permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or inviteesinvitees (each a "Tenant Party"). Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other directly affected real or personal property owned by Landlord required or necessary to return same to the Required Condition, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Building or Project as a result of such Hazardous Material or remediation thereof. If it is at any time discovered that Hazardous Materials have been released on, into, from, under or about the Premises during the Term by Tenant or any Tenant Party, or that Tenant or any Tenant Party may have caused or knowingly permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other directly affected real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord's request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord's reasonable approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other directly affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the Required Condition. Upon Landlord's approval of such cleanup plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of The term "Hazardous Substance", as used in this LeaseLease shall mean pollutants, contaminants, toxic or hazardous wastes, or any other substances, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes use, storage and/or the removal of which is required, restricted, prohibited or penalized by any federal, state or local law, ordinance or other statute of a governmental or quasi- governmental authority relating to pollution or protection of the environment (collectively, "Environmental Laws"). Tenant hereby agrees that: (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) unless previously permitted and insured, including but not limited to the use of the California Health and Safety CodeTenant Owned Improvements, no activity will be conducted on the Premises that will produce any Hazardous Substance; (ii) the Premises will not be used in any other substance or matter which results manner for the storage of any Hazardous Substances, except for the storage of such materials that are used in liability the ordinary course of Tenant's business ("Permitted Materials") as approved in writing by Landlord and provided such Permitted Materials are properly stored in a manner and location so as not to result in a violation of any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and Environmental Laws; (iii) Tenant will not install any substance or matter which is in excess underground tanks of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
type; (biv) Tenant shall will not cause allow any surface or permit any Hazardous Materials subsurface conditions to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released exist or disposed come into existence as a result of on, under, from Tenant's actions or about the conduct of ▇▇▇▇▇▇'s business on the Premises that constitute or with the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent passage of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent time may constitute a violation of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such productsany Environmental Laws. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents Landlord's representative shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspectenter the Premises for the purposes of inspecting the storage, sample and/or monitor the Premisesuse and disposal of any Permitted Materials to ensure compliance with all Environmental Laws. Should it be determined, the Site and/or the soil in ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇'s sole opinion, that any Permitted Materials are being improperly stored, used, or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3disposed of, and in connection therewith then Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access immediately take the appropriate corrective action within twenty-four (24) hours; and should Tenant fail to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or inviteesdo so, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join take the appropriate corrective action and participate in require Tenant to promptly reimburse Landlord for any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with and all costs associated therewith. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ agrees to indemnify Landlord against and save and hold Landlord harmless from any claims and all claims, demands, actions, liabilities, costs, expenses, damages and obligations of any nature arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence as a result of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination ▇▇▇▇▇▇'s use of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination in any manner that constitutes a violation of any real or personal property wherever situatedEnvironmental Laws. The obligations of Tenant pursuant to this Section, Tenant, at its expenseincluding the indemnification of Landlord, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return survive the Premises and the Site and any other affected real termination or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction expiration of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethis Lease.
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Sources: Building Lease
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” " includes (i) any “"hazardous materials” " as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize use, store, handle and dispose of within the Premises (a) reasonable quantities of customary janitorial supplies that may contain Hazardous Materials, (b) packaged products intended for resale to consumers that may contain Hazardous Materials (including, without limitation, hair spray, household cleaners, automotive products, antifreeze, dog food, fertilizer), and (c) standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided -------- however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such supplies and products in their ------- original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the use, storage, use handling and disposal of such supplies and products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such supplies and products (including, without limitation, securing all required governmental approvals relating to the lawful use, storage, handling and disposal of such supplies and products), and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's use, storage, use handling and disposal of all such supplies and products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s 's business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “"Environmental Questionnaire”") in the form of Exhibit B attached --------- hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s 's use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s 's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s 's expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s 's business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s 's expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or and/or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and Premises, the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s 's prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or Premises, the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s 's prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or Premises, the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s 's consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s 's interest in the Premises and Premises, the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ ' fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the extent that such use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off- site disposal and/or transportation is caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, and the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease. If Landlord at any time discovers that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about the Premises, the Site or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord's request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord's approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Site or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord's approval of such cleanup plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this subsection (e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Premises and/or the Site known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no --------- liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit C, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which Tenant --------- proves were not caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises and/or the Site that Landlord brings to Tenant's attention in the form of a written notice, setting forth with particularity the exposure or potential exposure to which Landlord refers.
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS" includes (i) any “"hazardous materials” material" as defined in Section 25501(n25501(o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as result of such person's possession, use, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or knowingly permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided howeverPROVIDED HOWEVER, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole and absolute discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant's use of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s 's business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand; however, Tenant shall have no obligation to reimburse Landlord for any costs incurred in connection with any environmental consultant retained by Landlord pursuant to this Section unless Tenant shall not be in compliance of its obligations under this Section.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”"ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE") in the form of Exhibit EXHIBIT B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s 's use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, upon at least 24 hours prior written or oral notice to Tenant, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without with at least 24 hours prior written or oral notice to Tenant (except in cases of emergency when no notice shall be required), and to discharge Tenant’s 's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s 's expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s 's business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s 's expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or knowingly permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s 's prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, from, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s 's prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s 's consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s 's interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ ' fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and or the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or knowingly permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Building or Project as a result of such Hazardous Material or remediation thereof. If it is at any time discovered that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or knowingly permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord's request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord's approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord's approval of such cleanup plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in EXHIBIT C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in EXHIBIT C, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were neither released on the Premises during the Term nor caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant's attention. Tenant hereby acknowledges that this disclosure satisfies any obligation of Landlord to Tenant pursuant to California Health & Safety Code Section 25359.7, or any amendment or substitute thereto or any other disclosure obligations of Landlord.
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Sources: Lease Agreement (Telenetics Corp)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materialsmaterial” as defined in Section 25501(n25501(o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as a result of such person’s possession, use, storage, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole and absolute discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant’s use, storage and/or disposal of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenantrequiring Landlord’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practicesconsent. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generationuse, release, and/or disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation ofinvestigation, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s storage, generation, use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials (A) on, into, from, under or about the Premises during the Term regardless of the source of such Hazardous Materials unless caused solely by Landlord or (B) on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and or the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Building or Project as a result of such Hazardous Materials, the remediation thereof or any repair, restoration or cleanup related thereto. If it is at any time discovered that Hazardous Materials have been released on, into, from, under or about the Premises during the Term, or that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord’s request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord’s approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord’s approval of such plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup, remediate and/or remove all such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit C, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were neither released on the Premises during the Term nor caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant’s attention. Tenant hereby acknowledges that this disclosure satisfies any obligation of Landlord to Tenant pursuant to California Health & Safety Code Section 25359.7, or any amendment or substitute thereto or any other disclosure obligations of Landlord.
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Sources: Lease Agreement (Illumina Inc)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes Tenant (i) will not conduct any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(nactivity on the Premises that will use or produce any Hazardous Materials, except for such activities that are both (1) part of the California Health ordinary course of Tenant’s business activities and Safety Code, (2) conducted in accordance with all Environmental Laws; (ii) will not use the Premises in any other substance or matter which results manner for the storage of any Hazardous Materials except for storage of such materials that are both (1) used in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, the ordinary course of Tenant’s business and (2) properly stored in a manner and location satisfying all Environmental Laws; (iii) will not install any substance or matter which is in excess underground tanks of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
type; and (biv) Tenant shall will not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upononto the Premises, stored, used, generated, released except in the ordinary course of Tenant’s business and in compliance with all Environmental Laws. If any Hazardous Materials are brought or disposed of on, under, from or about found on the Premises in violation of the above provisions of this Section, the same shall be immediately removed by Tenant, with proper disposal, and all required cleanup procedures shall be diligently undertaken pursuant to all Environmental Laws. If at any time during or after the Site (including without limitation Lease Term the soil and groundwater thereunder) without Premises are found to be so contaminated or subject to such conditions as a result of Tenant’s failure to comply with the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoingforegoing provisions, Tenant shall have defend and hold Landlord harmless from all claims, demands, actions, liabilities, costs, expenses, damages and obligations of any nature arising from or as a result of the right, without obtaining prior written consent use of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials by a Tenant Party. Tenant will maintain on the Premises a list of all materials stored at the Premises for which a material safety data sheet (an “MSDS”) was issued by the producers or manufacturers thereof, together with copies of the MSDS’s for such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such productsmaterials, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect deliver such list and MSDS copies to such products, and (ii) all Landlord upon Landlord’s request therefor. Except for Hazardous Materials that existed in or on the Premises as of the other terms Commencement Date, Tenant shall remove all Hazardous Materials from the Premises in a manner acceptable to Landlord before the earlier of the date Tenant vacates the Premises and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to the date Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such productsright to possess the Premises ends. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful upon reasonable notice to Tenant’s business , enter the Premises and will be generatedconduct environmental inspections and tests therein as it may require from time to time, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands provided that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or shall use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor reasonable efforts to minimize the interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but business. Such inspections and tests shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, conducted at Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that unless they reveal the presence of Hazardous Materials onin violation of the above provisions of this Section or that Tenant has not complied with the requirements of this Section, under in which case Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for the cost thereof within ten (10) days after Landlord’s request therefor.
(b) Landlord represents to Tenant that Landlord has not received any written notice, demand, claim, citation, complaint, request for information or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat similar communication with respect to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation existence of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost at Landlord’s Property in violation of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, theEnvironmental Laws.
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes Tenant shall not use, cause or permit the use of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) portion of the California Health Property to be in violation of any governmental laws, ordinances, regulations or orders relating to health, safety or environmental conditions, including but not limited to regulations concerning asbestos, soil and Safety Codegroundwater conditions or contamination (individually, (ii) a "Regulation," and collectively, "Regulations"), nor may Tenant at any other substance time use, generate, store or matter which results dispose of any Hazardous Materials to or from the Property in liability to violation of any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or wasteapplicable Regulation.
(b) Tenant The word "Hazardous Material," as used herein, shall mean any hazardous or toxic material, substance, chemical or waste, contaminant, emission, discharge or pollutant or comparable material listed, identified or regulated pursuant to any federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation which has as a purpose the protection of health, safety or the environment, including but not cause limited to petroleum or permit petroleum products or wastes derived therefrom.
(c) If it is discovered that any Hazardous Materials have been deposited, released, discharged or otherwise caused to be brought uponexist, storedon or from the Property, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease24 then Tenant agrees promptly to remove, shall be reimbursed by Tenant clean up or take such other remedial action with regard to Landlord such substances as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation required by applicable law or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materialsregulations.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have Notwithstanding anything to the rightcontrary contained herein, but not Tenant may bring onto the obligationProperty such Hazardous Materials in reasonable quantities required for, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premisesor useful to, the Site and/or conduct of Tenant's business on the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Property, so long as Tenant is complying complies with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Siteapplicable Regulations.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury agrees to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises indemnify and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by harmless Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, diminution in valuepenalties, actions, judgments, fines, demandssuits, claims, recoveriescosts, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ feesof any kind or nature whatsoever that may at any time be incurred by, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable imposed on or unforeseeable, arising asserted against Landlord directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, resulting from Tenant's failure to comply with its obligations under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethis Section 24.
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Sources: Industrial Lease (Suntek Corp)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” includes " means (i) any “"hazardous materials” material" as defined in Section 25501(n25501(o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as a result of such person's possession, use, storage, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole and absolute discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant's use, storage and/or disposal of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenantrequiring Landlord’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practicesconsent. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generationuse, release, and/or disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement a Hazardous Material Survey Form (the “Environmental Questionnaire”"Survey Form") in the form of Exhibit B J attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire Survey Form shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On Following the written request of Landlord on or after each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation ofinvestigation, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s 's storage, generation, use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. Except in cases of emergency (where no notice shall be required), Landlord shall provide Tenant with at least 24 hours prior verbal notice or any such inspection, which shall occur during normal business hours, and Landlord shall use its reasonable efforts to minimize any interference with Tenant’s business operations during any such inspection. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s 's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s 's expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s 's business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for with any such interferenceentry in the Premises. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s 's expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s 's prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s 's prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s 's consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s 's interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ ' fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and or the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Building or Project as a result of such Hazardous Materials, the remediation thereof or any repair, restoration or cleanup related thereto. If it is at any time discovered that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, subtenants or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord's request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord's approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord's approval of such plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup, remediate and/or remove all such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit H attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit H, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were not caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, subtenants or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, subtenants, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant's attention. Tenant hereby acknowledges that this disclosure satisfies any obligation of Landlord to Tenant pursuant to California Health & Safety Code Section 25359.7, or any amendment or substitute thereto or any other disclosure obligations of Landlord. Landlord shall take responsibility, at its sole cost and expense, for any governmentally-ordered clean-up, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of those Hazardous Materials conditions described in this Section 5.3(f) for which Tenant has no liability or responsibility. The foregoing obligation on the part of Landlord shall include the reasonable costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees) of defending Tenant from and against any legal action or proceeding instituted by any governmental agency in connection with such clean-up, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of such conditions, provided that Tenant promptly tenders such defense to Landlord. Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant’s attention. Except as disclosed in Exhibit H (and/or as may otherwise be disclosed to Tenant in writing), Landlord warrants that, to “Landlord’s knowledge” (as hereinafter defined), there are no Hazardous Materials in or about the Premises as of the date of this Lease which are in violation of any applicable federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation. As used herein, “Landlord’s knowledge” shall mean the actual knowledge, without duty of inquiry or investigation, of the current employees or authorized agents of Landlord responsible for Hazardous Materials compliance matters.
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Sources: Lease Agreement (Lantronix Inc)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” " includes (i) any “"hazardous materials” " as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s 's business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any reasonable costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “"Environmental Questionnaire”") in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s 's use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s 's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s 's expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s 's business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s 's expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s 's prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s 's prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s 's consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s 's interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ ' fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, and the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease. If Landlord at any time discovers that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about the Premises or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord's request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord's approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord's approval of such cleanup plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this subsection (e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit C, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which were not caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Landlord shall take responsibility, at its sole cost and expense, for any governmentally-ordered clean-up, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of Hazardous Materials conditions described in this Section 5.3(f). The foregoing obligation on the part of Landlord shall include the reasonable costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney's fees) of defending Tenant (with attorneys reasonably acceptable to Tenant) from and against any legal action or proceeding instituted by any governmental agency in connection with such clean-up, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of such conditions, provided that Tenant promptly tenders such defense to Landlord. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant's attention.
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Sources: Industrial Lease (Naturade Inc)
Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary:
A. Tenant covenants and agrees that it shall not cause, conduct, authorize or allow (ai) the presence, generation, transportation, storage, treatment, or usage at the Premises, or any portion thereof, of any Hazardous Material in violation of or as would give rise to liability under Environmental Laws; (ii) a Release or threat of Release of any Hazardous Material on, under, about or in the Premises; or (iii) any violation of or liability under any Environmental Law at or with respect to the Premises or activities conducted thereon. For purposes avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 27.A shall prohibit Tenant from using at the Premises (I) cleaning materials, pesticides, and other common household and office products, and/or (II) materials in connection with any fuel tanks, generators or the like on the Premises, solely to the extent, with respect to each of the preceding clauses (I) and (II), that any such use thereof is in compliance with Environmental Laws. Further, nothing in this Section 27.A shall prohibit Tenant from storing and distributing products which contain or are Hazardous Materials, to the extent, with respect to the preceding clause, that any such storage and distribution are in compliance with Environmental Laws and are in the ordinary course of ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s business.
B. Tenant shall, at its own cost, comply and ensure that the Premises and all operations and activities at the Premises comply with all Environmental Laws and the terms of this Lease, the term “Lease with respect to Hazardous Materials” includes . Tenant shall, at its own cost, obtain all Permits, licenses and authorizations required under Environmental Laws for the operations and activities conducted at the Premises.
C. Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with notice of any actual or potential violation of Environmental Laws, any Release of Hazardous Materials in or around the Premises that could impact the Premises or require any investigation, remediation or other response action under Environmental Law, and any claim or threat of a claim asserting any liability under Environmental Laws relating to the Premises, and copies of all reports, site assessments, and material communications, permits or agreements to, from or with any governmental authority or other third party relating to such violation, Release or claim.
▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Landlord’s Representatives, including such environmental consultants as Landlord may designate, shall have the right upon reasonable prior notice, and subject to Section 14 hereof, to enter the Premises and/or conduct appropriate tests and investigations for the purpose of assessing the condition of the Premises or ascertaining that Tenant complies with the terms of this Lease and with all applicable Environmental Laws that relate in any way to the Premises.
E. If the presence, Release, threat of Release, presence or placement on, in or around the Premises, or the generation, transportation, storage, use, treatment, or disposal at or around the Premises of any Hazardous Material by Tenant, Tenant’s Representatives, or by any third party other than Landlord or Landlord’s Representatives: (i) gives rise to any liability or obligation (including, but not limited to, any investigatory, remedial, removal, reporting, or other response action) under any Environmental Law, (ii) causes or threatens to cause a material and adverse effect on public health or occupational safety and health, (iii) pollutes or threatens to pollute the environment, or endanger human health, or (iv) otherwise violates Environmental Law, Tenant shall promptly take any and all remedial and removal actions required by Environmental Laws or otherwise necessary to clean up the Premises to comply with all environmental standards applicable to the Premises given its use at the time of the remediation and mitigate exposure to liability arising from the Hazardous Material.
F. Tenant shall promptly notify Landlord upon Tenant becoming aware of: (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) enforcement action, investigation, cleanup, notice of violation, or other regulatory action taken or threatened against either party or otherwise related to the California Health and Safety CodePremises by any governmental authority with respect to the presence of any Hazardous Material at the Premises, or the migration thereof from or to other property, (ii) any demands or claims made or threatened by any governmental authority or other substance person against either party hereto or matter which results in liability otherwise relating to any person actual or entity alleged violation of or liability under Environmental Laws or relating to any loss or injury resulting from exposure to such substance any Hazardous Material or matter under any statutory or common law theorybased on Environmental Laws, and (iii) any substance Release of Hazardous Materials, unlawful discharge, or matter which non-routine, improper or unlawful disposal or transportation of any Hazardous Material on or from the Premises or any other location that may affect the Premises, and (iv) any matters where Tenant is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining required by Environmental Law to give a notice to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit governmental authority respecting any Hazardous Materials to be brought uponin, storedat, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on under or about the Premises, and/or and Tenant shall thereafter keep Landlord reasonably apprised with respect to conduct periodic inspections the status and ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s actions to resolve such matters, and shall furnish Landlord with such other documents and information as Landlord may reasonably request with respect thereto. At such times as Landlord may reasonably request, Tenant shall provide Landlord with a written list identifying any Hazardous Material then actually known by Tenant to be used, stored, or maintained in, on or upon the Premises. In such case, Tenant shall if requested by Landlord provide Landlord with information with respect to the use and approximate quantity of each such material, a copy of any Material Safety Data Sheet issued by the manufacturer therefor, written information concerning the removal, transportation, and disposal of the same, and such other information as the Landlord may reasonably require or as may be required by Environmental Laws.
▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall indemnify, defend and hold Landlord and the Landlord Indemnified Parties harmless, without limitation to and in the manner specified in Section 20, from and against any and all liability, claim, expense, cause of action, fines, judgments, settlements, investigation, monitoring and remediation and corrective costs, fines and penalties, losses and damages (including reasonable attorney’s, consultant’s and contractor’s fees) resulting or arising from (i) the breach by Tenant of its covenants and agreements set forth in this Section 27, (ii) the presence, Release, placement on, in or around the Premises, or the generation, transportation, storage, generation, use, release and/or treatment or disposal at or around the Premises of such any Hazardous Materials before or during the Term and any Renewal Term, as applicable, by Tenant on or any third party other than Landlord or Landlord’s Representatives, (iii) any violation of or obligation under Environmental Law before or during the Term and from the Premisesany Renewal Term, as applicable, by Tenant or any third party other than Landlord or Landlord’s Representatives, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred (iv) claims by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent governmental authorities or other third parties associated with Hazardous Materials or violations of a violation or obligations under Environmental Laws by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Leaseor any third party other than Landlord or Landlord’s Representatives, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of or Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnairepresent at, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for before or during the twelve-month period prior theretoTerm and any Renewal Term, and which Tenant desires to storeas applicable, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligationincluding, without limitation upon those that were discovered during the Term and any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this LeaseRenewal Term, as applicable, which were caused prior to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal Term by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agentsrepresentatives, employees, contractors, subcontractors, licensees or invitees results in or any third party other than Landlord or Landlord’s Representatives. The foregoing indemnity obligations shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.
H. At Landlord’s request, at any time (i1) injury to during the last year of the Term (or any personRenewal Term, as applicable), (ii2) injury in connection with any future sale, financing or other transaction by Landlord related to the Premises, or any contamination (3) Landlord receives information indicating the presence of an environmental condition at the Premises requiring investigation, Tenant shall commission and provide to Landlord, or Landlord may commission, in each event, at Tenant’s sole cost and expense, a Phase I site assessment and, if warranted in Landlord’s sole discretion, a Phase II site assessment of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, at Tenant, at its ’s sole cost and expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return for purposes of confirming the environmental condition of the Premises and ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s compliance with the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to terms of the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency Lease with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, theenvironmental matters.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Lease Agreement (Big Lots Inc)
Hazardous Materials. Landlord and Tenant agree as follows with respect to the existence or use of “Hazardous Material” in, on or about the Leased Premises, Building, and the Project:
(a) For purposes Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, shall comply with all laws, statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations of any local, state or federal governmental authority having jurisdiction concerning environmental, health and safety matters (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), including, but not limited to, the use of animals or laboratory specimens, any discharge into the air, surface, water, sewers, soil or groundwater of any Hazardous Material (as defined below), whether within or outside the Leased Premises or within the Building or Project. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Lease requires, or shall be construed to require, Tenant to incur any liability related to or arising from environmental conditions (i) for which the Landlord is responsible pursuant to the terms of this Lease, or (ii) which existed within the term “Hazardous Materials” includes Leased Premises, the Building or Project prior to the date Tenant takes possession of, or enters, the Leased Premises, provided, however, that if any such environmental condition was exacerbated by Tenant (i) or Tenant’s contractors, subcontractors, agents, subtenants, assigns, etc.), the cost (and any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(ndelays resulting therefrom) of the California Health liability therefor and Safety Codeany such removal or remediation shall be equitably borne by Landlord and Tenant based upon the degree to which Tenant’s (or such other Tenant parties’) actions have increased the cost of such removal or remediation. Tenant shall comply with all applicable Requirements (including applicable building code requirements and Landlord’s reasonable quantity limitations to provide for multiple tenant use and compliance applicable to the Building area and/or the so-called “control area” therein; provided, however, that Tenant shall (iiI) so long as Tenant continues to lease the entirety of the fifth (5th) floor, have the right to use one hundred percent (100%) of the available quantities with respect to the two (2) control areas on the fifth (5th) floor; (II) not have the right to use any other substance or matter which results in liability to of the available quantities of any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, control areas on the sixth (6th) floor; and (iiiIII) any substance or matter which is in excess only be permitted to use its allocated proportionate share of permitted levels set forth storage of Hazardous Materials in any federalthe chemical storage areas on the first (1st) floor of the Building. Tenant is required to adhere to and comply with the allowable quantities of Hazardous Materials that are allocated to them by the Landlord’s flammable matrix, California from time to time. Landlord consents to Tenant’s use of the Hazardous Materials in the quantities listed in Exhibit H. In the event that Tenant requests Landlord’s consent to revise or local law modify Exhibit H, Landlord shall respond within ten (10) Business Days after Tenant’s request for consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or wastedelayed.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials Material to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released kept or disposed of on, under, from used in or about the Leased Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoingotherwise in, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about at the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration Building or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted Project by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees contractors or invitees, without the prior written consent of Landlord, except for Hazardous Materials which are permitted by this Agreement, and provided that all such permitted materials are stored, used and disposed of in strict compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws. Within ten (10) Business Days following Landlord’s written request, Tenant shall provide Landlord and its agents shall have with any information requested by Landlord concerning the rightexistence, use, generation or disposal of Hazardous Materials at the Leased Premises, including, but not limited to, the obligationfollowing information: (a) the name, without limitation upon any address and telephone number of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, the person or entity employed by Tenant to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expensedispose of its Hazardous Materials, including without limitation the taking a copy of emergency any contract with said person or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor entity, (b) all relevant information relating to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewithsuch materials (e.g., but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out a list of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees each type of Hazardous Materials onused, understored, generated or disposed of by Tenant at the Leased Premises and a description of how Tenant disposes of said Hazardous Materials, a copy of its most current materials list and applicable quantities thereof, applicable material safety data sheets ( MSDS) and safety data sheets (SDS) and transportation and removal manifests), and (c) copies of any licenses or permits obtained by Tenant in order to use, generate or dispose of Hazardous Materials, including any MWRA permits and approvals. Tenant shall also as soon as practicable provide to Landlord (without demand by Landlord) a copy of any notice, registration, application, permit, or license given to or received from any governmental authority or about private party, or persons entering or occupying the Premises and/or Leased Premises, concerning the Site.
(e) If the presence presence, release, exposure or disposal of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from in or about the Premises Leased Premises, the Building, or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous MaterialsProject. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any of Tenant’s Hazardous Materials claims; provided howeverwhich Tenant does not properly handle, store or dispose of in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and good scientific and medical practice, Tenant shall, upon written notice from Landlord, no longer have the right to bring such material into the Leased Premises, the Building of which the Leased Premises is a part or the Project until Tenant has demonstrated, to Landlord’s prior written consent shall not reasonable satisfaction, that Tenant has implemented programs to thereafter properly handle, store or dispose of such material.
(c) As used herein, the term “Hazardous Material” means any hazardous or toxic substances, hazardous waste, environmental, biological, chemical, radioactive substances, oil, petroleum products and any waste or substance, which because of its quantitative concentration, chemical, biological, radioactive, flammable, explosive, infectious or other characteristics, constitutes or may reasonably be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under expected to constitute or about the Premises contribute to a danger or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat hazard to the public health, safety or welfare or to the environment, or that would trigger any employee or community “right-to-know” requirements adopted by any federal, state or local governing or regulatory body or which is or otherwise becomes regulated by any Environmental Law, including but not limited to the Massachusetts “Right to Know” Law, Chapter 111F of the General Laws of Massachusetts, specifically including live organisms, viruses and fungi, Medical Waste (as defined below), and so-called “biohazard” materials. The term “Hazardous Material” includes, without limitation, any individual material or substance which is (i) designated as a “hazardous substance” pursuant to Section 1311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1317), (ii) defined as a “hazardous waste” pursuant to Section 1004 of the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq. (42 U.S.C. Section 6903), (iii) defined as a “hazardous substance” pursuant to Section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq. (42 U.S.C. Section 9601), (iv) defined as “hazardous substance” or “oil” under Chapter 21E of the General Laws of Massachusetts, or (v) a so-called “biohazard” or Medical Waste, or is contaminated with blood or other bodily fluids; and “Environmental Laws” include, without limitation, the laws listed in the preceding clauses (i) through (iv). The term “Medical Waste” shall mean the types of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary waste described in any federal, state or local laws, rules and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such actionregulations and any similar type of waste. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnifynot cause or permit any Medical Waste to be brought, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all kept or any portion of Landlord’s interest used in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Leased Premises, the Building and Building, or the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted Project by Tenant, its employees, agents, employeescontractors or invitees except in strict compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and with good scientific and medical practice. Tenant shall comply with all applicable and appropriate laboratory biosafety level criteria, contractorsrequirements and recommendations including specific “BSL” limitations, licensees standards, practices, safety equipment and facility requirements for the applicable BSL level pursuant to the Center for Disease Control and otherwise consistent with good scientific and medical practice (and in no event shall Tenant’s use or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required occupancy involve activities that would qualify or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup be characterized or detoxification of the Premises, thecategorized as BSL 3 or BSL 4. Information can be found at: ▇▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇▇/biosafety/publications/bmbl5/bmbl5_sect_iv.pdf
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Sources: Lease (Entrada Therapeutics, Inc.)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes Lessee shall operate and maintain the Permian Assets and conduct all of this Leaseits other activities in respect thereof in compliance in all material respects with any Environmental Laws and other Applicable Laws relating to air, water, land and the term “generation, storage, use, handling, transportation, treatment or disposal of Hazardous Materials” includes . Lessee shall promptly notify Lessor of any such violation that is a Lessor Material Matter. To the extent Lessee becomes aware of any environmental, health, safety or security matter that requires a corrective action, Lessee shall (iin consultation with Lessor, in the case of any Lessor Material Matter) undertake and complete such corrective action. Lessee shall have the obligation to report any “hazardous materials” as defined such violations to the appropriate Regulatory Authorities in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Codeaccordance with Applicable Law and, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability if practicable, shall give notice thereof to Lessor prior to making such report with respect to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or wasteLessor Material Matter.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed Without limiting the generality of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant Lessee shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that not (i) Tenant shall maintain such products place or locate any underground tanks on the property underlying the Permian Assets (except in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging accordance with respect to the storage, use Good Utility Practice and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies does not prevent Lessee from complying with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant its obligations pursuant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storageSection 6.2); (ii) generate, generationmanufacture, transport, produce, use, treat, store, release, disposal dispose of or use otherwise deposit Hazardous Materials in or on the Permian Assets, the property underlying the Permian Assets or any portion thereof other than PERMIAN LEASE AGREEMENT as permitted by Environmental Laws that govern the same or are applicable thereto; (iii) permit any other substances, materials or conditions in, on or emanating from the Permian Assets, the property underlying the Permian Assets or any portion thereof which may support a claim or cause of action under any Applicable Law; or (iv) undertake any action that would reasonably be expected to cause an unauthorized release of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about at the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of property underlying the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demandPermian Assets.
(c) Prior to the execution of this LeaseLessee shall periodically, Tenant shall completeat intervals determined in its reasonable discretion in accordance with Good Utility Practice or as required by Applicable Law, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at TenantLessee’s expense, including without limitation conduct inspections of all components of the taking Permian Assets to ensure compliance with Applicable Laws and with this Section 4.6, and, if requested by Lessor or as otherwise provided in Section 4.6(a), shall promptly notify Lessor of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for the results of any such interferenceinspections. In addition, LandlordLessor may, at TenantLessor’s expense, shall have the rightconduct its own testing at times determined in its reasonable discretion, but not the obligationand after reasonable consultation with Lessee, to join ensure Lessee’s compliance with Applicable Laws and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storagethis Section 4.6; provided, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat Lessor agrees to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord indemnify Lessee from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution Claims suffered or incurred by Lessee and arising from Lessor’s testing in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, theaccordance with Section 12.2.
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes means (i) any “hazardous materialsmaterial” as defined in Section 25501(n25501(o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as a result of such person’s possession, use, storage, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole and absolute discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant’s use, storage and/or disposal of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenantrequiring Landlord’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practicesconsent. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generationuse, release, release and/or disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation ofinvestigation, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s storage, generation, use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto upon at least one (1) business day’s prior written notice from Landlord. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and or the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Building or Project as a result of such Hazardous Materials, the remediation thereof or any repair, restoration or cleanup related thereto. If it is at any time discovered that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord’s request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord’s approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord’s approval of such plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup, remediate and/or remove all such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit C, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which were not caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant’s attention. Tenant hereby acknowledges that this disclosure satisfies any obligation of Landlord to Tenant pursuant to California Health & Safety Code Section 25359.7, or any amendment or substitute thereto or any other disclosure obligations of Landlord.
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Sources: Lease (Masimo Corp)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” " includes (i) any “"hazardous materials” " as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their -------- ------- original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s 's business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand; however, Tenant shall have no obligation to reimburse Landlord for any costs incurred in connection with any environmental consultant retained by Landlord pursuant to this Section unless Tenant shall be in default under this Section 5.3 and such costs are covered by Tenant's indemnity contained in this Section 5.3.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “"Environmental Questionnaire”") in the form of Exhibit B attached --------- hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s 's use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s 's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s 's expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s 's business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s 's expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s 's prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s 's prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s 's consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s 's interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ ' fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, and the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease. If Landlord at any time discovers that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about the Premises or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord's request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord's approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord's approval of such cleanup plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this subsection (e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in EXHIBIT C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or --------- responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in EXHIBIT C, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which were not caused or --------- permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Landlord shall take responsibility, at its sole cost and expense, for any governmentally-ordered clean-up, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of Hazardous Materials conditions described in this Section 5.3(f). The foregoing obligation on the part of Landlord shall include the reasonable costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney's fees) of defending Tenant (with attorneys reasonably acceptable to Tenant) from and against any legal action or proceeding instituted by any governmental agency in connection with such clean-up, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of such conditions, provided that Tenant promptly tenders such defense to Landlord. Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant's attention.
(g) If the release of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Project caused by Landlord, its authorized agents or employees, results in (i) injury to any person, or (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Project at levels which require clean-up or remediation under applicable laws, Landlord, at its expense (which shall not be included in Operating Expenses), shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Project to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials, or to such condition as is satisfactory to all governmental agencies asserting jurisdiction, and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including, without limitation, any clean-up, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials.
(h) If the release of Hazardous Materials caused by Landlord, its authorized agents or employees, renders the Premises untenantable in whole or in part or results in Tenant being required to vacate the Premises in whole or in part pursuant to an order or requirement of any governmental agency or authority, then the Basic Rent, Operating Expenses, insurance premiums, and other charges, if any, payable by Tenant hereunder for the period during which the Premises (or a portion thereof) remain so impaired shall be abated in proportion to the degree to which Tenant's use of the Premises is impaired and for the period of such impairment. If the period of such impairment shall exceed two hundred seventy (270) days, Tenant shall have the right to terminate this Lease upon written notice to Landlord given within ten (10) days following the passage of such two hundred seventy (270) day period. Tenant's termination of the Lease pursuant to this Section 5.3(h) shall be effective as of the date of such notice.
(i) In the event of any foreclosure of a mortgage or deed of trust encumbering the Building and/or the Project, the obligations on the part of Landlord contained in Sections 5.3(f) and (g) above shall be personal to Landlord and shall not be binding on nor inure against any lender acquiring the Building and/or the Project by foreclosure of its mortgage or deed of trust or deed in lieu of foreclosure, or any successor in interest to such lender.
(j) Except as disclosed in Section 5.3(f) above (and/or as may otherwise be disclosed to Tenant in writing), Landlord represents that, to "Landlord's knowledge" (as hereinafter defined), there are no Hazardous Materials in or about the Premises which are in violation of any applicable federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation. As used herein, "Landlord's knowledge" shall mean the actual knowledge, without duty of inquiry or investigation, of the current employees of Landlord responsible for Hazardous Materials compliance matters.
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Hazardous Materials. TENANT covenants and agrees that, with respect to any hazardous, toxic or special wastes, materials or substances including asbestos, waste oil and petroleum products (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” includes ") which TENANT, its agent or employees, may use, handle, store or generate in the conduct of its business at the leased premises TENANT will: (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect laws, ordinances and regulations which relate to such productsthe treatment, storage, transportation and handling of the Hazardous Materials; (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and that TENANT will in no event permit or cause any disposal of all such products. Landlord mayHazardous Materials in, on or about the leased premises and in its sole discretionparticular will not deposit any Hazardous Materials in, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate on or about the floor or in any drainage system or in the trash containers which are customarily used for the disposal of solid waste; (iii) that with respect to any such off-site disposal, shipment, storage, recycling or transportation of any Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such TENANT shall properly package the Hazardous Materials are necessary and shall cause to be executed and duly filed and retain all records required by federal, state or useful to Tenant’s business and local law; (iv) that TENANT will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with at all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal reasonable times permit LANDLORD or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have or employees to enter the right, but not leased premises to inspect the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying same for compliance with the terms of this Section 5.3paragraph and will further provide upon five (5) days' notice from LANDLORD copies of all records which TENANT may be obligated to obtain and keep in accordance with the terms of this paragraph; (v) that upon termination of this lease, TENANT will, at its expense, remove all Hazardous Materials from the leased premises and comply with applicable state, local and federal laws as the same may be amended from time to time; and (\ii) TENANT further agrees to deliver the leased premises to LANDLORD at the termination of this lease free of all Hazardous Materials. The terms used in connection therewith Tenant this paragraph shall provide Landlord with full access include, without limitation, all substances, materials, etc., designated by such terms under any laws, ordinances or regulations, whether federal, state or local. TENANT further agrees to hold harmless and indemnify LANDLORD for and against any and all relevant facilitiesclaims, records loss, costs, damages and personnel. If Tenant is not expenses, including attorneys' fees, which may arise in compliance the event that TENANT fails to comply with any of the provisions contained in this Article. The terms of this Section 5.3, Article shall expressly survive the expiration or in the event earlier termination of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Sitelease.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, the
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Sources: Commercial Lease (Growlife, Inc.)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” " includes (i) any “"hazardous materials” " as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s 's business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “"Environmental Questionnaire”") in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent that Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s 's use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample sample, and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s 's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s 's expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s 's business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s 's expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, theproceedings
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Sources: Industrial Lease (Jni Corp)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” " includes (i) any “"hazardous materials” material" as defined in Section 25501(n25501(o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as result of such person's possession, use, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole and absolute discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant's use of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s 's business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “"Environmental Questionnaire”") in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s 's use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s 's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s 's expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s 's business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s 's expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions reasonably approved in advance in writing by Landlord that are necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided howeverHowever, Landlord’s 's prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s 's consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s 's interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ ' fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials (A) on, into, from, under or about the Premises during the Term caused by Tenant, its agents and employees or (B) on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and or the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Site, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Building or Site as a result of such Hazardous Material or remediation thereof. If it is at any time discovered that Hazardous Materials have been released on, into, from, under or about the Premises during the Term, or that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about the Premises, the Building or the Site or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord's request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord's approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Building or the Site or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord's approval of such cleanup plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Site known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit C attached hereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit C, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were neither released on the Premises during the Term nor caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant's attention. Tenant hereby acknowledges that this disclosure satisfies any obligation of Landlord to Tenant pursuant to California Health & Safety Code Section 25359.7, or any amendment or substitute thereto or any other disclosure obligations of Landlord.
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Sources: Lease (Endwave Corp)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” " includes (i) any “"hazardous materials” " as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their -------- ------- original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such reasonable conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s 's business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any reasonable costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “"Environmental Questionnaire”") in the form of Exhibit B attached --------- hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing to the best of Tenant's knowledge the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s 's use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s 's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s 's expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s 's business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s 's expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s 's prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s 's prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s 's consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s 's interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ ' fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, and the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease. If Landlord at any time discovers that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about the Premises or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord's request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord's approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord's approval of such cleanup plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this subsection (e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) If the release of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Project caused by Landlord, its authorized agents or employees, and not introduced by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, or (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Project at levels which require clean- up or remediation under applicable laws, Landlord, at its expense (which shall not be included in Operating Expenses), shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Project to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials, or to such condition as is satisfactory to all governmental agencies asserting jurisdiction, and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including, without limitation, any clean-up, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials.
(g) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in EXHIBIT C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or --------- responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in EXHIBIT C, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which were not caused or --------- knowingly permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Landlord shall take responsibility, at its sole cost and expense, for any governmentally-ordered clean-up, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of Hazardous Materials conditions described in this Section 5.3(g). The foregoing obligation on the part of Landlord shall include the reasonable costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney's fees) of defending Tenant (with attorneys reasonably acceptable to Tenant) from and against any legal action or proceeding instituted by any governmental agency in connection with such clean-up, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of such conditions, provided that Tenant promptly tenders such defense to Landlord. Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant's attention.
(h) The obligations on the part of Landlord contained in Sections 5.3(f) and 5.3(g) above are personal to Landlord and shall not be binding on, nor inure against any successor in interest to Landlord as of the owner of the Premises, including without limitation, any lender acquiring the Premises by foreclosure of its mortgage or deed of trust or deed in lieu of foreclosure.
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Sources: Industrial Lease (Information Management Associates Inc)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or and/or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and Premises, the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or Premises, the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or Premises, the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and Premises, the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property properly owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, and the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease. If Landlord at any time discovers that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about the Premises, the Site or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord’s request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord’s approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Site or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord’s approval of such cleanup plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, Immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this subsection (e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Premises and/or the Site known by landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit C, nor with respect to any hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were not caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to hazardous Materials at the Premises and/or the Site that Landlord brings to Tenant’s attention.
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Sources: Industrial Lease (Sunpower Corp)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” includes " means (i) any “"hazardous materials” material" as defined in Section 25501(n25501(o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as a result of such person's possession, use, storage, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole and absolute discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant's use, storage and/or disposal of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenantrequiring Landlord’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practicesconsent. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generationuse, release, and/or disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement a Hazardous Material Survey Form (the “Environmental Questionnaire”"Survey Form") in the form of Exhibit B J attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire Survey Form shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On With prior written notice from Landlord, on each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation ofinvestigation, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s 's storage, generation, use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time upon not less than 24 hours prior written notice, to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, based upon direct and tangible evidence of such non-compliance and prior written notice thereof to Tenant, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s 's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s 's expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s 's business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s 's expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project directly caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situatedon the Premises or within the Project, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other directly affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s 's prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s 's prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s 's consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Master Lessor, Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s 's interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property on the Premises or at the Project, owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ ' fees, court costs and other reasonable professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and Buildings or the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord directly caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Buildings and the Project and any other real or personal property on the Premises or at the Project owned by Landlord, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Buildings or Project as a direct result of such Hazardous Materials, the remediation thereof or any repair, restoration or cleanup related thereto. If it is at any time discovered that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, subtenants or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises, the Buildings or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord's request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord's approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Buildings or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord's approval of such plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup, remediate and/or remove all such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project or within the Buildings known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit H attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit H, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were not caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, subtenants or invitees (collectively, the “Landlord’s HazMats” and a “Landlord HazMat Condition”). In the event that it is subsequently determined or discovered that Hazardous Materials existed at the Project or within the Buildings as of the date of this Lease, such Hazardous Materials shall be deemed to be added to Exhibit H and Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to such Hazardous Materials facts. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, subtenants, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant's attention. Tenant hereby acknowledges that this disclosure satisfies any obligation of Landlord to Tenant pursuant to California Health & Safety Code Section 25359.7, or any amendment or substitute thereto or any other disclosure obligations of Landlord.
(g) Landlord shall take responsibility, at its sole cost and expense, for any governmentally-ordered clean-up, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of a Landlord’s HazMat Condition as defined in Section 5.3(f) above. The foregoing obligation on the part of Landlord shall include the reasonable costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees) of defending Tenant from and against any legal action or proceeding instituted by any governmental agency in connection with such clean-up, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of such conditions, provided that Tenant promptly tenders such defense to Landlord. In addition, if the Premises, or a material portion of the Premises, are made untenantable for a period in excess of 5 consecutive business days as a result of a Landlord HazMat Condition through no fault of Tenant, then Tenant, as its sole remedy, shall be entitled to receive an abatement of rent payable hereunder during the period beginning on the 6th consecutive business day that the Premises are made untentable as a result of a Landlord’s HazMat Condition and ending on the day the Premises are again tentable. Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant’s attention.
(h) Except as disclosed in Section 5.3(f) above (and/or as may otherwise be disclosed to Tenant in writing), Landlord warrants that, to “Landlord’s knowledge” (as hereinafter defined), there are no Hazardous Materials in or about the Premises which are in violation of any applicable federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation. As used herein, “Landlord’s knowledge” shall mean the actual knowledge, without duty of inquiry or investigation, of the current employees or authorized agents of Landlord responsible for Hazardous Materials compliance matters.
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Sources: Lease Agreement (Silicon Graphics International Corp)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materialsmaterial” as defined in Section 25501(n25501(o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as result of such person’s possessions, use, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize utilized within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole and absolute discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant’s use of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant consultants to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: ; reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, from, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ attorney’s fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials (A) on, into, from, under or about the Premises during the Term regardless of the source of such Hazardous Materials unless caused solely by Landlord or (B) on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and or the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Building or Project as a result of such Hazardous Material or remediation thereof. If it is at any time discovered that Hazardous Materials have been released on, into, from, under or about the Premises during the Term, or that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord’s request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord’s approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord’s approval of such cleanup plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit C, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were neither released on the Premises during the Term nor caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant’s attention. Tenant hereby acknowledges that this disclosure satisfies any obligation of Landlord to Tenant pursuant to California Health & Safety Code Section 25359.7, or any amendment or substitute thereto or any other disclosure obligations of Landlord.
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Sources: Lease (Devax Inc)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For The term "Hazardous Materials" for purposes hereof shall mean any chemical, substance, materials or waste or component thereof which is now or hereafter listed, defined or regulated as a hazardous or toxic chemical, substance, materials or waste or component thereof by any federal, state or local governing or regulatory body having jurisdiction, or which would trigger any employee or community "right-to-know" requirements adopted by any such body, or for which any such body has adopted any requirements for the preparation or distribution of a materials safety data sheet ("MSDS"). Tenant shall not transport, use, store, maintain, generate, manufacture, handle, dispose, release or discharge any Hazardous Materials. However, the foregoing provisions shall not prohibit the transportation to and from, and use, storage, maintenance and handling within the Premises of Hazardous Materials customarily used in the business or activity expressly permitted to be undertaken in the Premises under this Lease, the term “provided: (a) such Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” Materials shall be used and maintained only in such quantities as defined in Section 25501(n) are reasonably necessary for such permitted use of the California Health Premises and Safety Codethe ordinary course of Tenant's business therein, (ii) any other substance or matter which results strictly in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theoryaccordance with applicable Law, highest prevailing standards, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federalthe manufacturers' instructions therefor, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant such Hazardous Materials shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generateddisposed of, released or disposed of on, under, from or about discharged in the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such productsBuilding, and shall otherwise comply be transported to and from the Premises in compliance with all applicable laws with respect to such productsLaws, and as Owner shall reasonably require, (iic) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to if any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate applicable Law or Owner's trash removal contractor requires that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in separately from ordinary trash, Tenant shall make arrangements at Tenant's expense for such disposal directly with a manner that complies with all applicable laws qualified and regulations pertaining thereto licensed disposal company at a lawful disposal site (subject to scheduling and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storageby Owner), generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of and (d) any remaining such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on shall be completely, properly and lawfully removed from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder Building upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner earlier termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, the
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Sources: Lease Agreement (Photomedex Inc)
Hazardous Materials. 6.3.2.1 No Hazardous Materials (adefined below) For purposes shall be Handled (defined below) upon, about, in, at, above or beneath the Tenant Space or any portion of this Leasethe Building or the Project by or on behalf of Tenant, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes its Transferees (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n10.1, below) of or partners, or their respective contractors, clients, officers, directors, partners, employees, servants, representatives, licensees, agents, or invitees (collectively, the California Health and Safety Code“Tenant Parties”). Additionally, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause use the Tenant Space, or permit the Tenant Space to be used, in any manner which may directly or indirectly lead to any non-compliance with any Environmental Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, normal quantities of those Hazardous Materials to customarily used in the conduct of the Permitted Use may be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about used at the Premises or the Site (including Tenant Space without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the Landlord’s prior written consent of Landlordconsent, but only in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws (defined below). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials any liability (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect not be required to such products, and (iiremediate any condition) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect relating to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary which existed in, upon or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. under the Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord Space as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration Date, except for any of same that were placed (and/or resulted from conditions caused ) by Tenant or sooner termination of this Lease, any other Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Party.
6.3.2.2 No Hazardous Materials which were stored(defined below) shall be Handled upon, generatedabout, in, at, above or beneath the Tenant Space or any portion of the Building or the Project by or on behalf of Landlord or Landlord’s partners, or their respective contractors, clients, officers, directors, partners, employees, servants, representatives, licensees, agents, or invitees (collectively, the “Landlord Parties”). Additionally, Landlord shall not use the Building, or permit the Building or portions thereof to be used, released and/or disposed of on, under in any manner which may directly or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant indirectly lead to any selfnon-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SiteEnvironmental Law.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. 6.3.2.3 Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence normal quantities of any those Hazardous Materials oncustomarily used in the operation of the Building and/or otherwise by occupants and/or owners of the Building, under and/or that would otherwise be consistent with Institutional Owner Practices (defined below in Section 8.3,) may be used at the Building, but only in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws. “Environmental Laws” shall mean and include all now and hereafter existing Applicable Laws regulating, relating to, or about the Premises imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning public health and safety or the Site environment. “Hazardous Materials” shall mean and include: (1) any material or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord substance: (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety which is defined or welfare of any individual becomes defined as a “hazardous substance,” “hazardous waste,” “infectious waste,” “chemical mixture or substance,” or “air pollutant” under Environmental Laws; (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by lawcontaining petroleum, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all crude oil or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and fraction thereof; (iii) containing polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”); (iv) asbestos, asbestos-containing materials or presumed asbestos-containing materials (collectively, “ACM”); (v) which is radioactive; (vi) which is infectious; or (2) any other real material or personal property owned substance displaying toxic, reactive, ignitable, explosive or corrosive characteristics, and are defined, or become defined by Landlord from and against any and all liabilitiesEnvironmental Law. “Handle,” “Handled,” or “Handling” shall mean any installation, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the usehandling, generation, storage, treatment, use, disposal, discharge, release, on- manufacture, refinement, presence, migration, emission, abatement, removal, transportation, or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost activity of any required type in connection with or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, theinvolving Hazardous Materials.
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Sources: Lease Agreement (Equinix Inc)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes Tenant (i) will not conduct any “hazardous materials” as defined activity on or in Section 25501(nthe Premises or the Project that will use, store, dispose of, generate, release or produce any Hazardous Materials, except for such activities that are both (1) part of the California Health ordinary course of Tenant’s business activities and Safety Code, (2) conducted in accordance with all Environmental Laws and Legal Requirements and with best industry practices; (ii) will not use the Premises in any other substance or matter which results manner for the storage of any Hazardous Materials except for storage of such materials that are both (1) used in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, the ordinary course of Tenant’s business and (2) properly stored in a manner and location satisfying all Environmental Laws and Legal Requirements and with best industry practices; (iii) will not install any substance or matter which is in excess underground tanks of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
type; (biv) Tenant shall will not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upononto the Premises, storedexcept in the ordinary course of Tenant’s business and in compliance with all Environmental Laws and Legal Requirements, usedwith best industry practices and otherwise subject to Section 5.3(b) below, generatedand (v) will obtain and maintain all licenses, released permits, registrations and consents required by applicable law (including, without limitation, Environmental Laws) (collectively, the “Required Permits”) to use or disposed store any Hazardous Materials in the Premises and to dispose of onthe same and will promptly provide a copy of any Required Permit to Landlord upon Tenant’s receipt thereof. If there is a release of any Hazardous Materials at the Premises or any Hazardous Materials are brought or found on the Premises in violation of the provisions of this Section, underTenant shall immediately notify Landlord in writing of the same and the same shall be immediately removed by Tenant, with proper disposal, and all required cleanup procedures shall be diligently undertaken pursuant to all Environmental Laws and Legal Requirements and with best industry practices. Tenant will maintain on the Premises a list of all materials stored at the Premises for which a safety data sheet (an “SDS”) was issued by the producers or manufacturers thereof, together with copies of the MSDS’s for such materials, and shall deliver such list and MSDS copies to Landlord upon Landlord’s request therefor. Except for Hazardous Materials that existed in or on the Premises as of the Commencement Date, Tenant shall remove all Hazardous Materials from the Premises in a manner reasonably acceptable to Landlord before the earlier of the date Tenant vacates the Premises and the date Tenant’s right to possess the Premises ends. Landlord may enter the Premises and conduct environmental inspections and tests therein as it may require from time to time, provided that Landlord shall not unreasonably interfere with Tenant’s business and shall use reasonable efforts to minimize the interference with Tenant’s business. Such inspections and tests shall be conducted at Landlord’s expense, unless they reveal the presence of Hazardous Materials in violation of the above provisions of this Section or that Tenant has not complied with the requirements of this Section, in which case Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for the cost thereof within 30 days after Landlord’s request therefor. Tenant shall indemnify, defend upon demand with counsel reasonably acceptable to Landlord, and hold the Landlord Parties harmless from and against, any liabilities, losses, claims, damages, interest, penalties, fines, attorneys’ fees, experts’ fees, court costs, remediation costs, and other expenses which result from the (i) use, storage, handling, treatment, transportation, release, threat of release or disposal of Hazardous Materials in or about the Premises or the Site Project by Tenant or Tenant’s Invitees, (ii) any failure by Tenant or any of Tenant’s Invitees to comply with applicable Environmental Laws and/or Required Permits (including without limitation limitation, the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, failure to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the likeobtain any Required Permit), provided however, that or (iiii) any failure by Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect or any of Tenant’s Invitees to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation any contamination to the taking Project arising from such failure.
(b) Attached hereto as Exhibit J is a complete list of emergency all Hazardous Materials and quantities intended by Tenant to be used and stored by Tenant in the Premises as of the Commencement Date. Tenant shall not use or long-term remedial action. permit to exist in the Premises any Hazardous Materials other than those listed on Exhibit J (the “Permitted Hazardous Materials and Quantities”) and shall provide Landlord with an updated Exhibit J within five (5) days of written request therefor; provided, however, that, subject to the following provisions of this Section 5.3, Tenant may make reasonable adjustments to the types of Hazardous Materials and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with quantities used or stored in the Premises, as required by Tenant’s business operations, so long as such types and quantities are materially consistent with the types, risk level and quantities of the Permitted Hazardous Materials and Quantities and are not any of the types of Hazardous Materials listed on Exhibit K-1 and if any such Hazardous Materials are of the types listed on Exhibit K-2, Tenant shall provide Landlord with at least ten (10) days’ prior written notice prior to using or storing the same in connection therewith, but the Premises and shall not be liable permit Landlord to review any application for any such interferenceRequired Permit required for the same at least ten (10) days prior to filing the same and permit Landlord to attend any hearing or meeting with any governmental entity responsible for issuing any Required Permit. In addition, Tenant shall complete a Hazardous Materials audit checklist, in a form reasonably acceptable to Landlord, at Tenantleast annually or at sooner intervals upon Landlord’s expense, shall have written request if Landlord has reason to believe that Tenant has violated the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings provisions of this Section 5.3 or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out other provisions of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Lease governing Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding The provisions of this Section 5.3 shall survive the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence expiration or earlier termination of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethis Lease.
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS" includes (i) any “"hazardous materials” material" as defined in Section 25501(n25501(o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as result of such person's possession, use, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials in typical quantities for office uses (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s Tenants storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole and absolute discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate or may require with respect to Tenant's use of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s 's business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”"ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE") in the form of Exhibit B Exhibits attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the me twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s 's use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s 's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s 's expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. action Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s 's business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s 's expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the die condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s 's prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, from, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s 's prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s 's consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s 's interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ ' fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials (A) on, into, from, under or about the Premises during the Term regardless of the source of such Hazardous Materials unless caused solely by Landlord or (B) on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and or the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Building or Project as a result of such Hazardous Material or remediation thereof. If it is at any time discovered mat Hazardous Materials have been released on, into, from, under or about the Premises during the Term, or that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord's request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord's approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord's approval of such cleanup plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as. more particularly described in Exhibit C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit C. nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were neither released on the Premises during the Term nor caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant's attention. Tenant hereby acknowledges that this disclosure satisfies any obligation of Landlord to Tenant pursuant to California Health & Safety Code Section 25359.7, or any amendment or substitute thereto or any other disclosure obligations of Landlord.
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this LeaseLESSOR hereby represents, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health warrants and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, agrees that (i) Tenant all operations or use of the Leased Space or any portion thereof (except LESSOR shall maintain such products not be responsible for the operations or use of LESSEE) shall at all times during the Term be in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply full compliance with all applicable laws with respect to such productsthen governing Hazardous Materials, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous MaterialsMaterial discovered in, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for Leased Space during or after the twelve-month period prior theretoTerm (which hazardous material was not released by any act or omission of LESSEE), required to be remediated under applicable laws or standards governing the health and which Tenant desires safety of LESSEE's employees or invitees, LESSOR shall at its sole expense (a) promptly commence and diligently prosecute to storecompletion remediation thereof in compliance with all laws; and (b) indemnify, generatedefend and hold LESSEE harmless from all claims and damages asserted by any governmental agency or by adjacent and successor landowners or other lessees or third parties arising therefrom. The foregoing indemnification and responsibilities of LESSOR shall survive the termination or expiration of this Lease. With respect to any Hazardous Material released by an act or omission of LESSEE and discovered in, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises Leased Space during or after the Term, LESSEE agrees to indemnify, defend and hold LESSOR harmless from all claims and damages asserted by any governmental agency or by adjacent and successor landowners or other lessees or third parties arising therefrom; provided, that, LESSEE shall not in any event be required to indemnify, defend or hold LESSOR harmless for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, decontamination or other cleanup of its Leased Space unless and to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous required in respect of oil or other Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete released by an act or omission of LESSEE and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but LESSEE shall not be liable to or be required to indemnify LESSOR for any such interference. In additionclaims and damages arising merely as a result of LESSEE'S status as a tenant, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings occupant or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out operator of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SiteLeased Space.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, the
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” " includes (i) any “"hazardous materials” " as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s 's business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “"Environmental Questionnaire”") in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reportsrepots, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s 's use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s 's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s 's expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s 's business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s 's expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release releases and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s 's prior written consent, take lake any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s 's prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s 's consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s 's interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ ' fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, and the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease. If Landlord at any time discovers that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about the Premises or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord's request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord's approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord's approval of such cleanup plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this subsection (e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in EXHIBIT C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in EXHIBIT C, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were not caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant's attention.
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) Each parcel of real estate Collateral is and will be maintained free of contamination from any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Codeenvironmental contamination, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability the Borrowers are not subject to any person or entity from exposure Environmental Liabilities or, to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theorythe Borrowers’ knowledge, and potential Environmental Liabilities, in each case, in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate, (iii) no notice has been received by the Borrowers identifying any substance of them as a “potentially responsible party” or matter which is in excess requesting information under any environmental laws or analogous state statutes, and to the knowledge of permitted levels set forth Borrowers, there are no facts, circumstances or conditions that would reasonably be expected to result in any federalof the Borrowers being identified as a “potentially responsible party” under any Environmental Laws or analogous state statutes; and (iv) the Borrowers have provided to each Lender copies of all existing environmental reports, California or local law or regulation reviews and audits and all written information pertaining to actual or potential Environmental Liabilities, in each case relating to the Borrowers. The Borrowers: (A) shall comply in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws and environmental permits; (B) shall notify each Lender in writing within three (3) Business Days if and when it becomes aware of any hazardous or toxic substancerelease, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent any of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, real property; and (iiC) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies forward to each Lender a copy of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applicationsorder, permitsnotice, monitoring reportspermit, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3application, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under communication or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted report received by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated it in connection with any claims arising out such release. “Regulated Substances” as used herein includes any substances, chemicals, materials or elements that are prohibited, limited or regulated by the Environmental Laws, or any other substances, chemicals, materials or elements that are defined as “hazardous” or “toxic,” or otherwise regulated, under the Environmental Laws, or that are known or considered to be harmful to the health or safety of occupants or users of the storageReal Estate Collateral. The term Regulated Substances shall also include, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanupsubstance, remediationchemical, removalmaterial or element (i) defined as a “hazardous substance” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, disposalCompensation and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”) (42 U.S.C. §§ 9601, neutralization et seq.), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and as further amended from time to time, and regulations promulgated thereunder; (ii) defined as a “regulated substance” within the meaning of Subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 6991-6991i), as amended from time to time, and regulations promulgated thereunder; (iii) designated as a “hazardous substance” pursuant to Section 311 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1321), or other treatment listed pursuant to Section 307 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317); (iv) defined as “hazardous”, “toxic”, or otherwise regulated, under any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding Environmental Laws adopted by the foregoingstate in which the real estate Collateral is located, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to or its agencies or political subdivisions; (v) the presence of which requires notification, investigation or remediation under any Hazardous Materials on, under Environmental Laws or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claimscommon law; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that (vi) the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under which on adjacent properties would constitute a trespass by the Borrowers; (vii) which is urea formaldehyde foam insulation or about the Premises urea formaldehyde foam insulation-containing materials; (viii) which is lead base paint or the Site lead base paint-containing materials; (ix) which are polychlorinated biphenyls or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual polychlorinated biphenyl-containing materials; or (iix) which is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all radon or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real radon- containing or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, theproducing materials.
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS" includes (i) any “"hazardous materials” material" as defined in Section 25501(n25501(o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as a result of such person's possession, use, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole and absolute discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant's use of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s 's business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”"ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE") in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s 's use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s 's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s 's expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s 's business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s 's expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s 's prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, from, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s 's prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s 's consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s 's interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ ' fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials (A) on, into, from, under or about the Premises during the Term regardless of the source of such Hazardous Materials unless caused solely by Landlord or (B) on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and or the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Building or Project as a result of such Hazardous Material or remediation thereof. If it is at any time discovered that Hazardous Materials have been released on, into, from, under or about the Premises during the Term, or that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord's request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord's approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord's approval of such cleanup plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit C, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were neither released on the Premises during the Term nor caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant's attention. Tenant hereby acknowledges that this disclosure satisfies any obligation of Landlord to Tenant pursuant to California Health & Safety Code Section 25359.7, or any amendment or substitute thereto or any other disclosure obligations of Landlord.
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” " includes (i) any “"hazardous materials” " as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, : (A) to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”, ," and the like), provided provided, however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products, and (B) to utilize those Hazardous Materials in kind and quantity as set forth on Tenant's Environmental Questionnaire delivered to Landlord prior to the execution of this Lease, provided that all of the terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant's storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous MaterialsMaterials other than those described in the preceding sentence, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s 's business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any reasonable costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand, provided Tenant has been the cause of the contamination justifying the use of the environmental consultant.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “"Environmental Questionnaire”") in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, the
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes means (i) any “hazardous materialsmaterial” as defined in Section 25501(n25501(o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as a result of such person’s possession, use, storage, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, may place such reasonable conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant’s use, storage and/or disposal of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenantrequiring Landlord’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practicesconsent. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an a third party environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of those Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the PremisesPremises requiring Landlord’s consent, and/or and Tenant agrees that the reasonable costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder within thirty (30) days after demand. In addition, Landlord may utilize a third party environmental consultant to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the PremisesPremises and, and in the event such inspections reveal that Tenant agrees that any is in violation of its obligations under this Section with respect to the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials, Tenant shall bear the reasonable costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demandwith such inspections.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement a Hazardous Material Survey Form (the “Environmental QuestionnaireSurvey Form”) in the form of Exhibit B J attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire Survey Form shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation ofinvestigation, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s storage, generation, use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials. Except to the extent required by law or legal process, Landlord shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep any of the foregoing documents and reports, which are not a matter of public information and which are delivered by Tenant with a confidentiality requirement, confidential and shall not disclose same to third parties other than its consultants, attorneys and lenders.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto upon reasonable prior notice and with a Tenant escort, which Tenant agrees to make reasonably available. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, subtenants, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials “Required Condition” (as hereinafter defined), and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consentconsent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. As used herein, “Required Condition” shall mean returning the Premises and the Project and any other directly affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to a condition that is both (A) required by applicable federal, state or local law, regulation or order, including without limitation, performing any required cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of Hazardous Materials, and (B) wherein Landlord’s marketability, use and leasing of the Premises and the Project as commercial properties shall not be materially impaired. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys reasonably acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and or the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, subtenants, contractors, licensees or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Building or Project as a result of such Hazardous Materials, the remediation thereof or any repair, restoration or cleanup related thereto. If it is at any time discovered that Tenant or its agents, employees, subtenants, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord’s request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord’s approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord’s approval of such plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup, remediate and/or remove all such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” " includes (i) any “"hazardous materials” " as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law haw or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided howeverPROVIDED HOWEVER, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s 's business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “"Environmental Questionnaire”") in the form of Exhibit EXHIBIT B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s 's use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms terns of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s 's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s 's expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s 's business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s 's expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in is (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s 's prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s 's prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or of welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s 's consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s 's interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, finesflues, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ ' fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under tinder or about the Premises, the Building and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, and the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease. If Landlord at any time discovers that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about the Premises or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord's request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord's approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord's approval of such cleanup plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this subsection (e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in it EXHIBIT C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in EXHIBIT C, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were not caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant's attention.
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Sources: Industrial Lease (Sensar Corp /Nv/)
Hazardous Materials. Subject to all of the TCCs of the Lease (a) For purposes of this Leaseincluding, but not limited to, the term “provisions of Section 29.33 of the Office Lease), Tenant will be permitted to have small quantities of Hazardous Materials” includes Materials in the Substitute Premises so long as such Hazardous Materials are used in connection with the Permitted Use of the Substitute Premises and are kept, used and stored in compliance with all Applicable Laws. If Tenant elects to bring Hazardous Materials into the Substitute Premises (as more particularly contemplated by the foregoing), such Hazardous Materials shall be stored, properly packaged and labeled, disposed of and/or used in accordance with applicable Environmental Laws. In addition, Tenant agrees that it: (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit suffer to occur, the release, discharge, escape or emission of any Hazardous Materials to be brought at, upon, stored, used, generated, released under or disposed of on, under, from or about within the Substitute Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and any contiguous or adjacent premises; (ii) all shall not engage in activities at the Substitute Premises that could result in, give rise to, or lead to the imposition of liability upon Tenant or Landlord or the other terms and provisions creation of this Section 5.3 a lien upon the building or land upon which the Substitute Premises is located; (iii) shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal notify Landlord promptly following receipt of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate any knowledge with respect to any such Hazardous Materialsactual release, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that discharge, escape or emission (whether past or present) of any such Hazardous Materials are necessary at, upon, under or useful within the Substitute Premises; and (iv) shall promptly forward to Tenant’s business Landlord copies of all orders, notices, permits, applications and will be generated, stored, used other communications and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval reports in connection with the storage, generation, any release, disposal discharge, escape or use emission of any Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premisesat, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of onupon, under or about within the Substitute Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose or any contiguous or adjacent premises. At any time following Tenant's receipt of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premisesa request from Landlord, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all a "hazardous materials questionnaire" using the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any selfform then-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed provided by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous MaterialsLandlord.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, the
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Sources: Office Lease (Volcano Corp)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes Tenant (i) will not conduct any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(nactivity on the Premises that will use or produce any Hazardous Materials, except for such activities that are both (1) part of the California Health ordinary course of Tenant’s business activities and Safety Code, (2) conducted in accordance with all Environmental Laws; (ii) will not use the Premises in any other substance or matter which results manner for the storage of any Hazardous Materials except for storage of such materials that are both (1) used in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, the ordinary course of Tenant’s business and (2) properly stored in a manner and location satisfying all Environmental Laws; (iii) will not install any substance underground tanks of any type; and (iv) will not permit its Invitees to introduce any Hazardous Materials onto the Premises, except in the ordinary course of Tenant’s business and in compliance with all Environmental Laws. If any Hazardous Materials are introduced on the Premises in violation of the above provisions of this Section, the same shall be immediately removed by Tenant, with proper disposal, and all required cleanup procedures shall be diligently undertaken pursuant to all Environmental Laws. If at any time during or matter after the Lease Term the Premises are found to be so contaminated or subject to such conditions as a result of Tenant’s failure to comply with the foregoing provisions, then, to such extent, Tenant shall defend and hold Landlord harmless from all claims, demands, actions, liabilities, costs, expenses, damages and obligations of any nature arising from or as a result of the use of the Premises by Tenant or its Invitees. Tenant will maintain on the Premises a list of all materials stored at the Premises for which is a material safety data sheet (an “MSDS”) was issued by the producers or manufacturers thereof, together with copies of the MSDS’s for such materials, and shall deliver such list and MSDS copies to Landlord upon ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’s written request therefor. Except for Hazardous Materials that were released, existed in, on or near the Premises as of the Commencement Date, Tenant shall remove all Hazardous Materials from the Premises in excess a manner acceptable to Landlord before the earlier of permitted levels set forth the date Tenant vacates the Premises or the date Tenant’s right to possess the Premises ends. Landlord may, upon reasonable advance written notice to Tenant, enter the Premises and conduct environmental inspections and tests therein as it may require from time to time, provided that Landlord shall use reasonable due diligence to minimize the interference with ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s business. Such inspections and tests shall be conducted at Landlord’s expense, unless they reveal the presence of Hazardous Materials in any federalviolation of the above provisions of this Section or that Tenant has not complied with the requirements of this Section, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or wastein which case Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for the reasonable cost thereof within 30 days after ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’s request therefor together with reasonable and customary back-up documentation.
(b) Landlord represents to Tenant shall not cause or permit that, except for any Hazardous Materials to be brought uponof which Tenant has actual knowledge, storedLandlord does not have actual knowledge (which shall mean the actual knowledge of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, used, generated, released or disposed Chief Development Officer & Head of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunderLab) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use current existence of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on at or about in the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections Building in violation of Environmental Laws and Landlord has not received written notice of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities current existence of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event Building in violation of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, theEnvironmental
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” " includes (i) any “"hazardous materials” " as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s 's business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “"Environmental Questionnaire”") in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings listing and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s 's use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material Materials on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s 's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s 's expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s 's business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s 's expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s 's prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s 's prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, theunder
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this LeaseLessee covenants and warrants to Lessor that Lessee shall not install, store, treat, transport, or dispose of, or permit the term installation, storage, use treatment, transportation or disposal of, any “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) on, upon or beneath the Premises. In the event of any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) such installation, storage, use, treatment, transportation or disposal, Lessee shall remove any such Hazardous Material, or otherwise comply with all regulations or orders of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California state, county, regional, local or local law other governmental agency or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substanceauthority (“Governmental Authority”), material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed all at the expense of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of LandlordLessee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant Lessee shall have not be prohibited from using, storing, or disposing of any Hazardous Material that is not prohibited by any Governmental Authority and which is used, stored or disposed of by Lessee in the rightnormal course of Lessee’s business and in quantities which are not in excess of quantities used, without obtaining prior written consent stored or disposed of Landlordby prudent individuals, to utilize within firms or entities, conducting businesses of the Premises standard household cleaning products same nature and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such purpose as photocopy tonerthe Lessee’s business and which use, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use storage and disposal of such productsany Hazardous Material, and shall otherwise comply with including the quantities thereof, are all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection accordance with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on manufacturer’s recommendations and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not are in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3and all laws, ordinances, rules, regulations or in the event of a release orders of any Governmental Authority. “Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents Materials” as used herein shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate mean (a) asbestos in any legal proceedings form; (b) urea formaldehyde foam insulation; (c) transformers or actions initiated other equipment which contain dye electric fluid containing a level of poly-chlorinated biphenyl in connection with any claims arising out excess of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant 50 parts per million; (d) underground storage tanks; or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence any other chemical, material, or substance which is regulated as toxic or hazardous or exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Governmental Authority. Lessee shall promptly notify Lessor in writing of any order or pending or threatened action by any regulator, agent or other Governmental Authority, or any claims made by any third party, relating to any Hazardous Materials on, underor emanations from, the Premises, and shall promptly furnish Lessor with copies of any correspondence or legal pleadings in connection therewith. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ hereby releases and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Lessor and ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s officers, directors, shareholders, employees, attorneys and agents (collectively the “Indemnitees”) from and against all loss, damage and expense (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and costs to the extent permitted by applicable law incurred in the investigation, defense and settlement of claims) that Indemnitees may incur as a result of or about in connection with the assertion against Indemnitees of any claim relating directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, to any activity on or off the Premises or the Site caused any failure to act, if such activity or permitted failure to act involves Hazardous Materials, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, used, stored, installed, treated, transported or disposed of by Tenant or Lessee, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees agents or invitees results in (i) injury to any personon, (ii) injury to upon or any contamination beneath the Premises during the term of the Premises or the SiteLease, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise noncompliance with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided howeverfederal, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials onstate, under or about the Premises local laws, ordinances, rules, regulations or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, theorders relating thereto.
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Sources: Modified Industrial Gross Lease (Excelligence Learning Corp)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materialsmaterial” as defined in Section 25501(n25501(o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as a result of such person’s possession, use, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, : (A) Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products; and (B) Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the Environmental Questionnaire delivered to Landlord prior to the execution of this Lease, provided that all of the terms and conditions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such Hazardous Materials. Landlord may, in its sole reasonable discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant’s use of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder thereunder, during business hours upon at any time least 24 hours prior written or oral notice, to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, from, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, the’s
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes Throughout the Term, Tenant and Tenant's employees, agents, invitees, licensees, and contractors shall not cause, permit, or allow any substances, chemicals, materials, or pollutants (whether solid, liquid, or gaseous) deemed to be toxic or hazardous or the manufacture, storage, transport, or disposal of which is regulated, governed, restricted, or prohibited by any federal, state, or local agency or authority, or under any federal, state, or local law, ordinance, rule, or regulation related to the environment, health, or safety (collectively, "Environmental Laws"), including, without limitation, any oil, gasoline, petroleum, petroleum by-products, hazardous substances, toxic substances, hazardous waste, asbestos, or asbestos containing materials (collectively, "Hazardous Materials") to be handled, placed, stored, dumped, released, manufactured, used, transported, or located on, in, under, or about the Premises; provided, however, Tenant shall be permitted to use and otherwise handle minor quantities of such Hazardous Materials as are ordinarily and typically used and handled as part of the Permitted Use so long as such Hazardous Materials are used and handled in accordance with all Environmental Laws. Upon the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease, Tenant shall, at Tenant's sole cost and expense, remove all Hazardous Materials from the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of Premises except to the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or wasteextent placed thereon by Landlord.
(b) Tenant shall not cause give Landlord immediate written notice of any problem, spill, discharge, threatened discharge, or permit discovery of any Hazardous Materials or claim thereof. If such problem, spill, discharge, threatened discharge, or discovery was caused by Tenant or any of Tenant's employees, agents, contractors, invitees, guests, or licensees, then such notice shall include a description of measures proposed to be brought upontaken by Tenant to contain and/or remediate the release of such Hazardous Materials and any resultant damage to or impact on property, storedpersons, usedand/or the environment (which term includes, generatedwithout limitation, released soil, surface water, or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil groundwater). Upon Landlord's approval and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoingat Tenant's own cost and expense, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent promptly take all steps necessary to clean up and remediate any release of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the PremisesEnvironmental Laws, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by otherwise report and/or coordinate with Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demandand all appropriate governmental agencies.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall completeindemnify, execute release, defend (with counsel reasonably acceptable to Landlord), and deliver to hold Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement Landlord's agents, affiliates, representatives, officers, and employees harmless from and against all Liabilities (the “Environmental Questionnaire”as defined below) in the form suffered by, incurred by, or assessed against Landlord and/or Landlord's agents, affiliates, representatives, officers, and employees, whether incurred as a result of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use legal action taken by Tenant any governmental entity or agency, taken by any private claimant or taken by Landlord, as a result of the kinds and quantities presence, disturbance, discharge, release, removal, or cleanup of any Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under in, upon, or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, (except to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premisesplaced thereon by Landlord, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any selfits agents, servants, employees or contractors), and/or other off-reporting requirements; permit applicationssite property if caused directly or indirectly, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, whole or in part, by the event acts or omissions of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under Tenant or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its 's agents, employees, contractors, licensees representatives, or invitees, Landlord . Tenant's obligations and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations liabilities under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation 22 shall survive the taking expiration or earlier termination of emergency or long-term remedial actionthis Lease. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and "Liabilities" means all liabilities, expenses, demands, damages (including punitive, exemplary, and consequential damages), costs, losses, damagescauses of action, diminution in valueclaims, judgmentsattorneys' fees, other professional fees, penalties, fines, demandsassessments, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thecharges.
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Hazardous Materials. Landlord and Tenant agree as follows with respect to the existence or use of "Hazardous Material" in or on the Premises and/or the Project:
29.31.1 Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, shall comply with all laws, statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations of any local, state or federal governmental authority (a) For purposes of this Leaseincluding, without limitation, the term “Fire Department of the City of Marlborough, and the Local Emergency Planning Committee, if any) having jurisdiction concerning environmental, health and safety matters (collectively, "ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS"), including, but not limited to, any discharge into the air, surface, water, sewers, soil or groundwater of any Hazardous Materials” includes Material (as defined in SUBSECTION 29.31.3, below), whether within or outside the Premises or Building, within the Project. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Lease requires, or shall be construed to require, Tenant to incur any liability related to or arising from: (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) environmental conditions which existed within the Premises or the Project prior to the date Tenant took possession of the California Health and Safety CodeSpace A, or (ii) any acts or omissions of anyone other substance than Tenant, Tenant's successors and/or assigns, any subtenant or matter which results in liability licensee of the Premises, and their respective agents, employees, contractors and invitees (individually, a "TENANT PARTY", and collectively (including Tenant) "TENANT PARTIES").
29.31.2 Tenant shall not cause or consent to any person Hazardous Material being brought upon, handled, kept, stored or entity from exposure to such substance used in or matter under any statutory about the Building or common law theoryotherwise in the Project by Tenant, its agents, employees, or contractors or invitees, unless the same are used, stored, handled and disposed of in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and with good scientific and medical practice, and provided further that all such materials shall be removed from the Premises, Building and the Project prior to the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease in accordance with all applicable laws at the sole cost and expense of Tenant. Landlord hereby acknowledges that, as of the commencement of the Term, Tenant intends to use the materials (iii"Permitted Hazardous Materials") listed on EXHIBIT H in accordance with all Applicable Laws. Tenant shall give Landlord written notice of its handling, storage, or use of any substance Hazardous Substance in or matter about the Premises and the Building with respect to which it is required to give written notice or a report to any governmental agency or authority, or obtain or maintain a license to handle, within thirty (30) days after the date it is required to give such notice or report to said governmental agency or authority. Upon Landlord's written request, but not more often than monthly, Tenant shall provide Landlord with an updated list of all Hazardous Materials brought upon, handled, kept, stored or used in excess or about the Premises and/or the Building. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any of permitted levels set forth Tenant's Hazardous Material which Tenant does not properly handle, store or dispose of in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and good scientific and medical practice, Tenant shall, upon written notice from Landlord, no longer have the right to bring such material into the buildings or the Project until Tenant has demonstrated, to Landlord's reasonable satisfaction, that Tenant has implemented programs to thereafter properly handle, store or dispose of such material.
29.31.3 As used herein, the term "Hazardous Material" means any federalflammable substances, California or local law or regulation pertaining to explosives, and radioactive materials, and any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste or petroleum derivative which is or becomes regulated by any Environmental Law, specifically including live organisms, viruses and fungi, medical waste, and so-called "biohazard" materials. The term "Hazardous Material" includes, without limitation, any material or substance which is (i) designated as a "hazardous substance" pursuant to Section 1311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1317), (ii) defined as a "hazardous waste" pursuant to Section 1004 of the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq. (42 U.S.C. Section 6903), (iii) defined as a "hazardous substance" pursuant to Section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq. (42 U.S.C. Section 9601), (iv) defined as 69 "hazardous substance" or "oil" under Chapter 21E of the General Laws of Massachusetts, or (v) a so-called "biohazard" or medical waste, or is contaminated with blood or other bodily fluids; and "Environmental Laws" include, without limitation, the laws listed in the preceding clauses (i) through (iv).
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about 29.31.4 Any increase in the premium for necessary insurance on the Premises or the Site (including without limitation Building or the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent Project which arises from Tenant's use and/or storage of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant Hazardous Materials shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to be solely at Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products's expense. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such hereby acknowledges and agrees that Permitted Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that as defined in Section 29.31.2, will not currently cause any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful increase in premium chargeable to Tenant’s business and will be generated, so long as the same are used, stored, used handled and disposed of in a manner that complies compliance with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto Environmental Laws and with good business practicesscientific and medical practice. Tenant understands that shall procure and maintain at its sole expense such additional insurance as may be necessary to comply with any requirement of any Federal, State or local government agency with jurisdiction.
29.31.5 Tenant hereby covenants and agrees to indemnify, defend and hold Landlord harmless from any and all claims, judgments, damages, penalties, fines, costs, liabilities or losses (collectively "Losses") which Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant reasonably incur arising out of contamination of real estate, the Project or other property not a part of the Premises, which contamination arises as a result of: (i) the presence of Hazardous Material in the Premises or the Building or the Project, the presence of which is caused by or consented to assist in determining conditions by Tenant, or (ii) from a breach by Tenant of approval its obligations under this SECTION 29.31. This indemnification of Landlord by Tenant includes, without limitation, reasonable costs incurred in connection with the storageany investigation of site conditions or any cleanup, generationremedial, releaseremoval or restoration work required by any federal, disposal state or use local governmental agency or political subdivision because of Hazardous Materials by Tenant Material present in the soil or ground water on or about under the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of Premises or the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from Building based upon the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord circumstances identified in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions first sentence of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous MaterialsSUBSECTION 29.31.5. The completed Environmental Questionnaire indemnification and hold harmless obligations of Tenant under this SUBSECTION 29.31.5 shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner survive any termination of this Lease. Without limiting the foregoing, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If if the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from Material in the buildings or about otherwise in the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteBuilding, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, Tenant shall promptly take all actions at its sole expense as are necessary to return the Premises and the Site and Building to a condition which complies with all Environmental Laws; provided that Landlord's approval of such actions shall first be obtained, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld so long as such actions, in Landlord's reasonable discretion, would not potentially have any other affected real materially adverse long-term or personal property owned short-term effect on the Premises and/or the Building, and, in any event, Landlord shall not withhold its approval of any proposed actions which are required by Landlord applicable Environmental Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the condition existing prior to contrary in the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoingLease contained, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of not be responsible for: (i) any Hazardous Materials onwhich existed in the Building as of May 28, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency 2003 with respect to the third floor of the Building, or which existed elsewhere (through no fault of Tenant or any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary Tenant Party) in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises Building or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to Project as of the healthEffective Date, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such any Hazardous Materials introduced to the Project by anyone other than Tenant or a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible Tenant Party, as defined in Section 29.31.1 above.
29.31.6 Landlord hereby represents to obtain Tenant that, to the Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To 's knowledge, based solely on the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend environmental assessment report listed on EXHIBIT G (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses"Environmental 70 Report"), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of there are no Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about located in the Premises, the Building or elsewhere in the Project, except as set forth in the Environmental Report. Landlord hereby covenants and agrees to indemnify, defend and hold Tenant harmless from any and all Losses which Tenant may reasonably incur during the Term of this Lease arising out of contamination of real estate, the Project or other property not a part of the Building, which contamination arises as a result of the breach by Landlord of its representations and agreements set forth in this Section 29.31. If any Hazardous Materials are discovered on the Property during the Term of this Lease which were not introduced by Tenant or any other Tenant Parties, and the Site presence of such Hazardous Materials materially adversely affects Tenant's use and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification occupancy of the Premises, thethen Landlord shall remediate or remove, or take steps to require the responsible parties to remediate or remove, such Hazardous Materials, without charge to Tenant, when, if, and in the manner required by applicable Environmental Laws.
29.31.7 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Lease, if Tenant fails to cure any breach or default of this SECTION 29.31 within ten (10) days after written notice from Landlord, such failure shall constitute a default under this Lease, provided, however, if the nature of the default is such that more than ten (10) days are required for its cure or performance, then Tenant shall not be in default under this Lease if it shall commence such performance within such ten (10) day period and thereafter diligently and continuously pursues the same to completion within sixty (60) days, or if earlier, prior to the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.
29.31.8 Tenant shall, after Tenant, and anyone claiming by, through or under Tenant, vacate the Premises, and immediately prior to the time that Tenant delivers the Premises to Landlord: (i) if Tenant has used the Premises or the Building in such a way that the following is required by Applicable Law, cause the Premises and the Building, as applicable, to be decommissioned in accordance with the regulations of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and/or the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for the control of radiation; (ii) if Tenant has used the Premises or the Building in such a way that the following is required by Applicable Law, provide a written report by a licensed industrial hygienist or equivalent to confirm that the Premises and the Building contain no contaminants per the National Institute of Health (or its successor organization) rules and regulations on bio-safety as administered by the Department of Health; and (iii) if Tenant is required by Applicable Law to maintain a chemical or hazardous waste removal manifest, provide a copy of its most current waste removal manifest and a certification from an officer of Tenant that no chemicals remain in the Building.
29.31.9 Landlord shall have the right from time to time, but not more often than once per year unless Landlord has a reasonable basis to believe that an audit is required, to conduct (or retain one or more consultants to conduct) environmental audits of the Premises and/or the Building to ensure and verify Tenant's compliance with this SECTION 29.31, upon five (5) business days advance written notice to Tenant. Tenant agrees to cooperate with the person or entity conducting said audit and to supply all information reasonably requested in connection therewith. Tenant shall pay the cost of such audit if such audit discloses that Tenant has materially violated any of the provisions of this SECTION 29.31; otherwise, the cost of said audit shall be paid for by Landlord.
29.31.10 Tenant shall dispose of all Hazardous Materials and other hazardous or medical wastes or substances used, stored or generated by Tenant or in connection with Tenant's use of the Premises and/or the Building, in accordance with all Applicable Laws at Tenant's sole cost and expense. Tenant shall give Landlord written notice annually (and from time to time, if changed) of the name, address and telephone number of the contractor that will be responsible for removal of all Hazardous Materials disposed of by Tenant from the Premises and/or the Building and/or the Project.
29.31.11 Tenant shall provide Landlord with a copy of its Chemical Hygiene Plan (as set forth in OSHA 1910.1450) annually, or more often as and when it is amended.
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Sources: Office Lease (Cytyc Corp)
Hazardous Materials. A. Hazardous Materials. Tenant shall not transport, use, store, maintain, generate, manufacture, handle, dispose, release, discharge, spill or leak any "Hazardous Material" (a) For purposes as defined below), or permit Tenant's employees, agents, contractors, or other occupants of this Leasethe Premises to engage in such activities on or about the Building or the Property. However, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes foregoing provisions shall not prohibit the transportation to and from, and use, storage, maintenance and handling within, the Premises of substances customarily and lawfully used in the business which Tenant is permitted to conduct in the Premises under this Lease but only as an incidental and minor part of such business, and provided: (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined such substances shall be properly labeled, contained, used and stored only in Section 25501(n) small quantities reasonably necessary for such permitted use of the California Health Premises and Safety Codethe ordinary course of Tenant's business therein, strictly in accordance with applicable Laws, highest prevailing standards, and the manufacturers' instructions therefor, and as Landlord shall reasonably require, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without ten (10) days advance notice and current Material Safety Data Sheets ("MSDSs") therefor, and Landlord reserves the right to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expenseprohibit or limit such substances in each such instance, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but (iii) such substances shall not be liable for any such interference. In additiondisposed of, Landlordreleased, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused discharged or permitted by Tenant to spill or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results leak in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building or the Property (and under no circumstances shall any Hazardous Material be disposed of within the Site and any other real drains or personal property owned by Landlord caused plumbing facilities in or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of serving the Premises, thethe Building or the Property or in any other public or private drain or sewer, regardless of quantity or concentration), (iv) if any applicable Law or Landlord's trash removal contractor requires that any such substances be disposed of separately from ordinary trash, Tenant shall make arrangements at Tenant's expense for such disposal in approved containers directly with a qualified and licensed disposal company at a lawful disposal site, and (v) any remaining such substances shall be completely, properly and lawfully removed from the Building or the Property upon expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” includes " means (i) any “"hazardous materials” material'' as defined in Section 25501(n25501 (o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as a result of such person's possession, use, storage, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) . Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of introduced on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to use standard and commercially reasonable quantities of any fuel necessary for Tenant to operate the Generator (as defined in Exhibit G hereto), and to utilize within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), and provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in :n their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole but reasonable discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant's use, storage and/or disposal of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generatedrequiring Landlord's consent. If Tenant uses any Hazardous Materials requiring Landlord's consent, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. then Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generationuse, release, and/or disposal or use of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder promptly upon demand.
(c) . Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement a Hazardous Material Survey Form (the “Environmental Questionnaire”"Survey Form") in the form of Exhibit B J attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire Survey Form shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On If Tenant uses any Hazardous Materials requiring Landlord's consent, then on each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month twelvemonth period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential, but subject to Landlord's signing . Tenant's standard non-disclosure agreement, provided such agreement is reasonable) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation ofinvestigation, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s storage, generation, use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Materials on the Project. Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or inviteesinvitees in violation of applicable law or this Lease, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice in the event of an emergency, but otherwise with reasonable prior notice, and to discharge Tenant’s 's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s 's expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s 's business in connection therewith, but and shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s 's expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) in violation of applicable law or this Lease. If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous MaterialsMaterials as and to the extent required by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s 's prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s 's prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s 's consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys reasonably acceptable to LandlordLandlord and Tenant's insurance carrier) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s 's interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ ' fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and or the Site and any other real Project in violation of applicable law or personal property owned by Landlord this Lease caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises. the Building and the Project in accordance with applicable law, thethe preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Building or Project as a result of such Hazardous Materials, the remediation thereof or any repair, restoration or cleanup related thereto. If it is at any time discovered that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, subtenants or invitees may have caused the release of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises, the Building or the Project in violation of applicable law or this Lease, Tenant shall, at Landlord's request, promptly prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord's reasonable approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to remediate such Hazardous Materials in accordance with applicable law. Upon Landlord's approval of such plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, as soon as reasonably possible implement such plan and proceed to cleanup, remediate and/or remove all such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease. Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit H attached hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained in this Lease, Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit H, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials that were not introduced by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, subtenants or invitees in violation of applicable law or this Lease. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to use reasonable efforts to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, subtenants, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant's attention. Tenant hereby acknowledges that this disclosure satisfies any obligation of Landlord to Tenant pursuant to California Health & Safety Code Section 25359.7, or any amendment or substitute thereto or any other disclosure obligations of Landlord. Landlord shall take responsibility, at its sole cost and expense, for any governmentally ordered clean-up, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of those Hazardous Materials conditions described in Section 5.3(f) above for which Tenant has no liability or responsibility. The foregoing obligation on the part of Landlord shall include the reasonable costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney's fees) of defending Tenant from and against any legal action or proceeding instituted by any governmental agency in connection with such clean-up, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of such conditions, provided that Tenant promptly tenders such defense to Landlord. Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant's attention. Except as disclosed in Section 5.3(f) above (and/or as may otherwise be disclosed to Tenant in writing), Landlord warrants that, to "Landlord's knowledge" (as hereinafter defined), there are no Hazardous Materials in or about the Premises as of the date of this Lease which are in violation of any applicable federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation. As used herein, "Landlord's knowledge" shall mean the actual knowledge, without duty of inquiry or investigation, of the current employees or authorized agents of Landlord responsible for Hazardous Materials compliance matters.
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Sources: Sublease (Upwork Inc.)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” " includes (i) any “"hazardous materials” " as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Except for those Hazardous Materials identified on the Environmental Questionnaire approved by Landlord prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall not cause or knowingly permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s 's business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs reasonably incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand; however, Tenant shall have no obligation to reimburse Landlord for any costs incurred in connection with any environmental consultant retained by Landlord pursuant to this Section unless Tenant shall be in default under this Section 5.3 and such costs are covered by Tenant's indemnity contained in this Section 5.3.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “"Environmental Questionnaire”") in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials Materials, if any, which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s 's use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, the,
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Sources: Industrial Lease (Omm Inc)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes means (i) any “hazardous materialsmaterial” as defined in Section 25501(n25501(o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as a result of such person’s possession, use, storage, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or knowingly permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole and absolute discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant’s use, storage and/or disposal of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenantrequiring Landlord’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practicesconsent. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generationuse, release, and/or disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any reasonable costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation ofinvestigation, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s storage, generation, use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or knowingly permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or knowingly permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials (A) on, into, from, under or about the Premises during the Term regardless of the source of such Hazardous Materials unless caused solely by Landlord or (B) on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and or the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or knowingly permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Building or Project as a result of such Hazardous Materials, the remediation thereof or any repair, restoration or cleanup related thereto. If it is at any time discovered that Hazardous Materials have been released on, into, from, under or about the Premises during the Term, or that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or knowingly permitted the release of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord’s request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord’s approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord’s approval of such plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup, remediate and/or remove all such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit C, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which were neither released on the Premises during the Term nor caused or knowingly permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant’s attention. Tenant hereby acknowledges that this disclosure satisfies any obligation of Landlord to Tenant pursuant to California Health & Safety Code Section 25359.7, or any amendment or substitute thereto or any other disclosure obligations of Landlord.
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Sources: Lease (Netlist Inc)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought uponuse, storedgenerate, usedmanufacture, generatedproduce, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generationstore, release, disposal discharge, or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premisesdispose of, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises or any part of the Project, or transport to or from the Premises or any part of the Project, any Hazardous Material or allow its employees, agents, contractors, licensees, invitees or any other person or entity to do so. The foregoing covenant shall not extend to insignificant amounts of substances typically found or used in general office applications so long as (i) such substances are maintained only in such quantities as are reasonably necessary for Tenant's operations in the twelve-month period prior theretoPremises, (ii) such substances are used strictly in accordance with the manufacturers' instructions therefor and which Tenant desires to storeall applicable laws, generate, use, release and/or dispose (iii) such substances are not disposed of on, under in or about the Building or the Project in a manner which would constitute a release or discharge thereof, and (iv) all such substances are removed from the Building and the Project by Tenant upon the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease. Tenant shall, within thirty (30) days after demand therefor, provide to Landlord a written list identifying any Hazardous Materials then maintained by Tenant in the Building, the use of each such Hazardous Material so maintained by Tenant together with written certification by Tenant stating, in substance, that neither Tenant nor any person for whom Tenant is responsible has released or discharged any Hazardous Materials in or about the Building or the Project. Landlord's right of entry pursuant to Section 7.03 of this Lease shall include the right to enter and inspect the Premises for violations of Tenant's covenant herein.
(b) Hazardous Materials shall include by way of illustration, and without limiting the succeeding twelve-month period. In additiongenerality of the definition of Hazardous Materials in Section 1.03, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize following: (i) those substances included within the definitions of "hazardous Materials upon the Premisessubstances," "hazardous materials," "toxic substances" or "solid waste" under all present and future federal, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete state and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applicationslocal laws (whether under common law, permitsstatute, monitoring reportsrule, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings regulation or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidentialotherwise) relating to water dischargesthe protection of human health or the environment, air pollutionincluding California Senate ▇▇▇▇ 245 (Statutes of 1987, Chapter 1302), the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (commonly known as Proposition 65) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 ET SEQ., the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901 ET SEQ., and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. Sections 1801, ET SEQ., all as heretofore and hereafter amended, or in any regulations promulgated pursuant to said laws; (ii) those substances defined as "hazardous wastes" in Section 25117 of the California Health & Safety Code or as "hazardous substances" in Section 25316 of the California Health & Safety Code, or in any regulations promulgated pursuant to said laws; (iii) those substances listed in the United States Department of Transportation Table (49 CFR 172.101 and amendments thereto) or designated by the Environmental Protection Agency (or any successor agency) as hazardous substances (SEE, E.G., 40 CFR Part 302 and amendments thereto); (iv) such other substances, materials and wastes which are or become regulated under applicable local, state or federal law or by the United States government or which are or become classified as hazardous or toxic under federal, state or local laws or regulations, including California Health & Safety Code, Division 20, and Title 26 of the California Code of Regulations; and (v) any material, waste generation or disposalsubstance which contains petroleum, and underground storage tanks for asbestos or polychlorinated biphenyls, is designated as a "hazardous Materials; orderssubstance" pursuant to Section 311 of the Clean Water Act of 1977, reports33 U.S.C. Sections 1251, noticesET SEQ. (33 U.S.C. Section 1321) or listed pursuant to Section 307 of the Clean Water Act of 1977 (33 U.S.C. Section 1317) or contains any flammable, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of explosive or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materialsradioactive material.
(dc) Landlord and its agents shall have To the rightextent permitted by Law, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3hereby indemnifies, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access agrees to protect, defend and hold the Indemnitees harmless, against any and all relevant facilitiesactions, records claims, demands, liability, costs and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of expenses, including attorneys' fees and expenses for the provisions of this Section 5.3defense thereof, or in the event of a release arising out of any Hazardous Material on, under or about and all of (i) the Premises and/or introduction into the Site caused or permitted Project by Tenant, its employees, agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, invitees or inviteesany other person or entity for whom Tenant is responsible (collectively, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge "Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e's Agents") If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any personMaterial, (ii) the usage by Tenant or Tenant's Agents of Hazardous Materials in or about the Project, (iii) the discharge or release in or about the Project by Tenant or Tenant's Agents of any Hazardous Material, (iv) any injury to or any contamination death of the Premises persons or the Site, or (iii) injury damage to or contamination destruction of property resulting from the use by Tenant or Tenant's Agents of Hazardous Materials in or about the Project, and (v) any failure of Tenant or Tenant's Agents to observe the foregoing covenants. In case of any real action or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return proceeding brought against the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned Indemnitees by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment reason of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoingclaim, upon notice from Landlord, Tenant shall notcovenants to defend such action or proceeding by counsel chosen by Landlord, without in Landlord’s prior written consent's sole discretion. Landlord reserves the right to settle, take compromise or dispose of any remedial action in response and all actions, claims and demands related to the presence foregoing indemnity. The foregoing indemnity shall not operate to relieve Landlord of any liability Landlord has under Environmental Laws to the extent Hazardous Materials are present on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project prior to delivery to Tenant of possession of the Premises.
(d) Tenant acknowledges that the sewer piping at the Project is made of ABS plastic. Accordingly, without Landlord's prior written consent, which may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole discretion, only ordinary domestic sewage is permitted to be put into the drains at the Premises. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL Tenant EVER DEPOSIT ANY ESTERS OR KETONES (USUALLY FOUND IN SOLVENTS TO CLEAN UP PETROLEUM PRODUCTS) IN THE DRAINS AT THE PREMISES. If Tenant desires to put any substances other affected real than ordinary domestic sewage into the drains, it shall first submit to Landlord a complete description of each such substance, including its chemical composition, and a sample of such substance suitable for laboratory testing. Landlord shall promptly determine whether or personal property owned not the substance can be deposited into the drains and its determination shall be absolutely binding on Tenant. Upon demand, Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for expenses incurred by Landlord or enter into in making such determination. If any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall substances not be necessary so approved hereunder are deposited in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials ondrains in Tenant's Premises, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned Tenant shall be liable to Landlord for all damages resulting therefrom, including but not limited to all costs and expenses incurred by Landlord in repairing or replacing the piping so damaged.
(e) Upon any violation of any of the foregoing covenants, in addition to all remedies available to a landlord against the defaulting tenant, including but not limited to those set forth in Article Eleven of this Lease, Tenant expressly agrees that upon any such violation Landlord may, at its option (i) imposes an immediate threat immediately terminate this Lease by giving written notice to the healthTenant of such termination, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is continue this Lease in effect until compliance by Tenant with its clean-up and removal covenant (notwithstanding the expiration of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such actionthe Term). To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned No action by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out hereunder shall impair the obligations of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, theTenant pursuant to this Section 7.02.
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Sources: Lease Agreement (Netobjects Inc)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” " includes (i) any “"hazardous materials” material" as defined in Section 25501(n25501(o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as result of such person's possession, use, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole and absolute discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant's use of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s 's business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “"Environmental Questionnaire”") in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s 's use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s 's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s 's expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s 's business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s 's expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s 's prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, from, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s 's prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s 's consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s 's interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ ' fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials (A) on, into, from, under or about the Premises during the Term regardless of the source of such Hazardous Materials unless caused solely by Landlord or (B) on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and or the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Building or Project as a result of such Hazardous Material or remediation thereof. If it is at any time discovered that Hazardous Materials have been released on, into, from, under or about the Premises during the Term, or that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord's request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord's approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord's approval of such cleanup plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit C, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were neither released on the Premises during the Term nor caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant's attention. Tenant hereby acknowledges that this disclosure satisfies any obligation of Landlord to Tenant pursuant to California Health & Safety Code Section 25359.7, or any amendment or substitute thereto or any other disclosure obligations of Landlord. Landlord shall take responsibility, at its sole cost and expense, for any governmentally-ordered clean-up, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of Hazardous Materials conditions described in this Section 5.3(f). The foregoing obligation on the part of Landlord shall include the reasonable costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney's fees) of defending Tenant from and against any legal action or proceeding instituted by any governmental agency in connection with such clean-up, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of such conditions, provided that Tenant promptly tenders such defense to Landlord. Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant's attention.
(g) Except as disclosed in Section 5.3(f) above (and/or as may otherwise be disclosed to Tenant in writing), Landlord represents that, to "Landlord's knowledge" (as hereinafter defined), there are no Hazardous Materials in or about the Premises which are in violation of any applicable federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation. As used herein, "Landlord's knowledge" shall mean the actual knowledge, without duty of inquiry or investigation, of the current employees or authorized agents of Landlord responsible for Hazardous Materials compliance matters.
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Sources: Lease (Intest Corp)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materialsmaterial” as defined in Section 25501(n25501(o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as a result of such person’s possession, use, storage, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, ,” common office cleaning supplies and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole and absolute discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant’s use, storage and/or disposal of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenantrequiring Landlord’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practicesconsent. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generationuse, release, and/or disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand; however, Tenant shall have no obligation to reimburse Landlord for any costs incurred in connection with any periodic inspections of the Premises pursuant to this Section 5.3(b) unless Tenant shall be in default of its obligations under this Section 5.3.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On Upon the written request of Landlord, on each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation ofinvestigation, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s storage, generation, use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. The foregoing inspections, sampling and/or monitoring shall be at Landlord’s sole cost and expense unless Tenant shall be in default of its obligations under this Section 5.3. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and or the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Building or Project as a result of such Hazardous Materials the remediation thereof or any repair, restoration or cleanup related thereto. If it is at any time discovered that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord’s request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord’s approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord’s approval of such plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup, remediate and/or remove all such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit C, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were not caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant’s attention. Tenant hereby acknowledges that this disclosure satisfies any obligation of Landlord to Tenant pursuant to California Health & Safety Code Section 25359.7, or any amendment or substitute thereto or any other disclosure obligations of Landlord.
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Sources: Lease (Biolase Technology Inc)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” " includes (i) any “"hazardous materials” " as defined in Section 25501(n25501(k) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided howeverPROVIDED HOWEVER, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s 's business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “"Environmental Questionnaire”") in the form of Exhibit EXHIBIT B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s 's use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s 's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s 's expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s 's business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s 's expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s 's prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s 's prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s 's consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s 's interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ ' fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, the Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, and the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes Lessee shall not and Lessee shall not permit any of this LeaseLessee's agents, invitees or employees to, release or threaten to release any "oil,""hazardous material", "hazardous wastes" or "hazardous substances" (the "Hazardous Materials") as those terms are defined under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. (S)9601 et -- seq., as amended, the term “Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. ---- (S)6901 et seq., as amended, and regulations adopted thereunder or under any state or local law, rule or regulation regarding Hazardous Materials” includes Materials (ithe "Hazardous Materials Laws") on or into the Premises, the Common Area or any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) portion of the California Health real property of which the Premises are a part, including easements appurtenant thereto. Lessee shall not and Safety CodeLessee shall not permit Lessee's agents and employees to, (ii) transport, treat, store or dispose of any other substance Hazardous Materials in such a manner as to violate, or matter which results result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter potential liabilities under any statutory or common law theoryHazardous Materials Laws. Lessee shall not, and (iii) shall not permit any substance of Lessee's agents and employees to, transport, treat, store or matter dispose of any gunpowder, dynamite, gasoline, except as normally stored in vehicles, etc., or other explosive material on or to the Premises, the Common Area or any portion of the real property of which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or wastethe Premises are a part.
(b) Tenant Lessor shall not cause indemnify and hold harmless Lessee from and against any claims, demands, or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, losses resulting from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all arising out of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release presence of any Hazardous Material on, in or under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenantprior to Lessee's occupancy, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, including but not the obligationlimited to, without limitation upon soil and/or groundwater contamination. Pacific Freeport Industrial Park Page 4 (Westinghouse Electric Corporation) Lessor shall indemnify and hold Lessee harmless from and against any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Leaseclaims, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expensedemands, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings losses resulting from or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials hazardous substances, oil or petroleum product or residue of any other substance or material actionable under federal, state or local law, regulation or ordinance, present on, under, from in or about under the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contaminationLessee's occupancy, including without limitationbut not limited to, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thesoil and/or groundwater contamination.
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Sources: Lease Agreement (CDW Holding Corp)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought uponuse, storedgenerate, usedmanufacture, generated------------------- produce, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generationstore, release, disposal discharge, or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or any part of the Site Project, or transport to or from the Premises or any part of the Project, any Hazardous Material (as defined below) or allow its employees, agents, contractors, licensees, invitees or any other affected real person or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreemententity to do so.
(1) Notwithstanding the foregoing, consentTenant shall be permitted to use and store in, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect and transport to any and from, the Premises the Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of ("Permitted Hazardous Materials") identified on Exhibit D hereto and by this --------- reference incorporated herein ("Permitted Hazardous Materials List") so long as: (a) each of the Permitted Hazardous Materials is used or stored in, or transported to and from, the Premises only to the extent necessary for Tenant's operation of its business at the Premises; (b) at no time shall any Permitted Hazardous Material be on, under or about the Premises in excess of the quantity specified therefor in the Permitted Hazardous Materials List, and (c) the conditions set forth in this Paragraph 9(b) are strictly complied with. The right to use and store in, and transport to and from, the Premises the Permitted Hazardous Materials is personal to Telegen Corporation, a California corporation, and any subsidiary corporations of which Telegen Corporation owns at least a fifty percent (50%) interest, and may not be assigned or otherwise transferred by Telegen Corporation without the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be withheld in Landlord's sole discretion. Any consent by Landlord (i) imposes pursuant to Paragraph 15 of this Lease to an immediate threat assignment, transfer, subletting, mortgage, pledge, hypothecation or encumbrance of this Lease, and any interest therein or right or privilege appurtenant thereto, shall not constitute consent by Landlord to the healthuse or storage in, safety or welfare transportation to, the Premises of any individual Hazardous Material (including a Permitted Hazardous Material) by any such assignee, sublessee or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s transferee unless Landlord expressly agrees otherwise in writing. Any consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilitiesto the use or storage in, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under to or about from the Premises, of any Hazardous Material (including a Permitted Hazardous Material) by an assignee, sublessee or transferee of Tenant shall not constitute a waiver of Landlord's right to refuse such consent as to any subsequent assignee or transferee. All amendments to the Building Permitted Hazardous Materials List shall be made in accordance with Paragraph 9(b)(17) hereof.
(2) Tenant shall comply with and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by shall cause Tenant's employees, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees and invitees (collectively, "Tenant's Agents") to comply with, and shall keep and maintain the Premises and cause Tenant's Agents to keep and maintain the Premises, in compliance with all Environmental Laws (as defined below). Neither Tenant nor Tenant's Agents shall violate, or inviteescause or permit the Premises to be in violation of, specifically including without limitation the cost any Environmental Laws. Tenant shall, at its own expense prior to Tenant's use and occupancy, procure, maintain in effect and comply with all conditions of any and all permits, licenses and other governmental and regulatory approvals required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification for Tenant's use of the Premises. Tenant shall cause any and all Hazardous Materials removed from the Premises to be removed and transported solely by duly licensed handlers to duly licensed facilities for final disposal of such materials and wastes. Tenant acknowledges that the sewer piping at the Project is made of ABS plastic. Accordingly, thewithout Landlord's prior written consent, which may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole discretion, only ordinary domestic sewage is permitted to be put into the drains at the Premises. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL TENANT EVER DEPOSIT ANY ESTERS OR KETONES (USUALLY FOUND IN SOLVENTS TO CLEAN UP PETROLEUM PRODUCTS) IN THE DRAINS AT THE PREMISES. If Tenant desires to put any substances other than ordinary domestic sewage into the drains, it shall first submit to Landlord a complete description of each such substance, including its chemical composition, and a sample of such substance suitable for laboratory testing. Landlord shall promptly determine whether or not the substance can be deposited into the drains and its determination shall be absolutely binding on Tenant. Upon demand, Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for expenses incurred by Landlord in making such determination. If any substances not so approved hereunder are deposited in the drains in Tenant's Premises, Tenant shall be liable to Landlord for all damages resulting therefrom, including, but not limited to, all costs and expenses incurred by Landlord in repairing or replacing the piping so damaged.
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Sources: Lease Agreement (Telegen Corp /Co/)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” " includes (i) any “"hazardous materials” " as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning office products and office products cleaning materials that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s 's business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any reasonable costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “"Environmental Questionnaire”") in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s 's use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, and affecting the Premises or any adjacent Property, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, obligation (without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease), after notice to Tenant and Tenant's failure to discharge its obligations under this Section 5.3 after such notice (provided that no notice shall be required in the case of any emergency), to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s 's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethis
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Sources: Industrial Lease (Quantum Corp /De/)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” includes " means (i) any “"hazardous materials” material" as defined in Section 25501(n25501(o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as a result of such person's possession, use, storage, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole and absolute discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant's use, storage and/or disposal of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenantrequiring Landlord’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practicesconsent. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generationuse, release, and/or disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement a Hazardous Material Survey Form (the “Environmental Questionnaire”"Survey Form") in the form of Exhibit B J attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire Survey Form shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On Following the written request of Landlord on or after each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation ofinvestigation, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s 's storage, generation, use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. Except in cases of emergency (where no notice shall be required), Landlord shall provide Tenant with at least 48 hours prior written notice or any such inspection, which shall occur during normal business hours, and Landlord shall use its reasonable efforts to minimize any interference with Tenant’s business operations during any such inspection. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease, : (i) to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without following 10 days prior written notice to Tenant and Tenant’s failure to cure within said 10 days, to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, and (ii) in cases of emergency, to immediately enter upon the Premises without notice and to discharge Tenant's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant's expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s 's business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for with any such interferenceentry on the Premises. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s 's expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, subtenants, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s 's prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s 's prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s 's consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s 's interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ ' fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and or the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, subtenants, contractors, licensees or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Building or Project as a result of such Hazardous Materials, the remediation thereof or any repair, restoration or cleanup related thereto. If it is at any time discovered that Tenant or its agents, employees, subtenants, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord's request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord's approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord's approval of such plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup, remediate and/or remove all such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit H attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit H, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were not caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, subtenants, contractors, licensees or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, subtenants, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant's attention. Tenant hereby acknowledges that this disclosure satisfies any obligation of Landlord to Tenant pursuant to California Health & Safety Code Section 25359.7, or any amendment or substitute thereto or any other disclosure obligations of Landlord. Landlord shall take responsibility, at its sole cost and expense, for any governmentally-ordered clean-up, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of those Hazardous Materials conditions described in this Section 5.3(f) for which Tenant has no liability or responsibility. The foregoing obligation on the part of Landlord shall include the reasonable costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees) of defending Tenant from and against any legal action or proceeding instituted by any governmental agency in connection with such clean-up, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of such conditions, provided that Tenant promptly tenders such defense to Landlord. Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant’s attention.
(g) Except as disclosed in Section 5.3(f) above (and/or as may otherwise be disclosed to Tenant in writing), Landlord warrants that, to “Landlord’s knowledge” (as hereinafter defined), there are no Hazardous Materials in or about the Premises which are in violation of any applicable federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation. As used herein, “Landlord’s knowledge” shall mean the actual knowledge, without duty of inquiry or investigation, of the current employees or authorized agents of Landlord responsible for Hazardous Materials compliance matters.
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Sources: Lease (Lantronix Inc)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “"Hazardous Materials” " includes (i) any “"hazardous materials” material" as defined in Section 25501(n25501(o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as a result of such person's possession, use, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “"White Out”", and the like), and reasonable quantity of laboratory products that may contain Hazardous Materials (such as acetone, isopropyl alcohol, Propanol, Amber clean, Alpha Flux, PC board etching solution, vacuum pump oil (ULVAC SMR-100), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s 's storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole and absolute discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant's use of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s 's business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant b▇ ▇▇▇▇nt to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Discl▇▇▇▇▇ Statement (the “"Environmental Questionnaire”") in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, May 5, 2005 701423328v1 used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s 's use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s 's other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s 's obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s 's expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s 's business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition▇▇ ▇▇▇ition, Landlord, at Tenant’s 's expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal ▇▇▇▇▇ proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s 's prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, from, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s 's prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials Hazar▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇erials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii▇▇) is ▇▇ of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s 's consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and Master Lessor, and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s 's and/or Master Lessor's interest in the Premises and in the Site Project and in any other real or personal property owned ▇▇▇▇▇ by Landlord or Master Lessor, from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ ' fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials (A) on, into, from, under or about the Premises during the Term regardless of the source of such Hazardous Materials unless caused solely by Landlord or (B) on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and or the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord or Master Lessor caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord or Master Lessor, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Building or Project as a result of such Hazardous Material or remediation thereof. If it is at any time discovered that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord or Master Lessor, Tenant shall, at Landlord's request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord's approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord or Master Lessor, to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord's approval of such cleanup plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease. May 5, 2005 701423328v1
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit C, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were neither released on the Premises during the Term nor caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any expo▇▇▇▇ ▇r potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant's attention. Tenant hereby acknowledges that this disclosure satisfies any obligation o▇ ▇▇▇▇lord to Tenant pursuant to California Health & Safety Code Section 25359.7, or any amendment or substitute thereto or any other disclosure obligations of Landlord.
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Hazardous Materials. Tenant shall not transport, use, store, maintain, generate, manufacture, handle, dispose, release or discharge any "Hazardous Material" (as defined below) upon or about the Complex, or permit Tenant's employees, agents, contractors, and other occupants of the Premises to engage in such activities upon or about the Complex. However, the foregoing provisions shall not prohibit the transportation to and from, and use, storage, maintenance and handling within, the Premises of substances customarily used in offices (or such other business or activity expressly permitted to be undertaken in the Premises under Article 6), provided: (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” such substances shall be used and maintained only in such quantities as defined in Section 25501(n) are reasonably necessary for such permitted use of the California Health Premises, strictly in accordance with applicable Law and Safety Codethe manufacturers' instructions therefor, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant such substances shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generateddisposed of, released or discharged on the Complex, and shall be transported to and from the Premises in compliance with all applicable Laws, and as Landlord shall reasonably require, (c) if any applicable Law or Landlord's trash removal contractor requires that any such substances be disposed of on, under, separately from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoingordinary trash, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of make arrangements at Tenant's expense for such disposal directly with a qualified and licensed disposal company at a lawful disposal site (subject to scheduling and approval by Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect ensure that disposal occurs frequently enough to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal prevent unnecessary storage of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from substances in the Premises, and Tenant agrees that (d) any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, remaining such substances shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder completely, properly and lawfully removed from the Complex upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner earlier termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, the
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any reasonable costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents documents, if any, relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor use reasonable efforts to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys reasonably acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, and the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease. If Landlord at any time discovers that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about the Premises or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord’s request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord’s approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord’s approval of such cleanup plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this subsection (e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit C, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were not caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant’s attention.
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes means (i) any “hazardous materialsmaterial” as defined in Section 25501(n25501(o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as a result of such person’s possession, use, storage, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of LandlordLandlord but with written notice to Landlord prior to first usage of any particular Hazardous Materials, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous a reasonable quantity of Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and in connection with Tenant’s business operations in the like)Premises, provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such the packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval Tenant’s compliance with this Section 5.3 in connection with the storage, generationuse, release, and/or disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant ▇▇▇▇▇▇ to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement a Hazardous Material Survey Form (the “Environmental QuestionnaireSurvey Form”) in the a form of Exhibit B attached hereto. (which may be electronic and/or accessed via an internet link) provided by Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materialswithin 10 days following ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’s written request therefor. The completed Environmental Questionnaire Survey Form shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation ofinvestigation, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s storage, generation, use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant▇▇▇▇▇▇’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant▇▇▇▇▇▇’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and Buildings or the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Buildings and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Buildings or Project as a result of such Hazardous Materials, the remediation thereof or any repair, restoration or cleanup related thereto. If it is at any time discovered that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, subtenants or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises, the Buildings or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord’s request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord’s approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Buildings or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord’s approval of such plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup, remediate and/or remove all such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit H attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit H, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which Tenant proves were not caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, subtenants or invitees. Notwithstanding the preceding two sentences, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, subtenants, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s attention. Tenant hereby acknowledges that this disclosure satisfies any obligation of Landlord to Tenant pursuant to California Health & Safety Code Section 25359.7, or any amendment or substitute thereto or any other disclosure obligations of Landlord. Landlord, to the best of its knowledge, represents to Tenant that except for normal janitorial, maintenance and office supplies and except as otherwise disclosed herein, no hazardous or toxic materials are present in or about the Buildings. Should any such materials be discovered and should their remediation be legally required, then unless such materials were introduced by Tenant, its agents, employees, subtenants, vendors, licensees, invitees or contractors, Landlord shall remediate same at its expense and shall hold Tenant harmless from any cost in connection therewith.
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” Landlord hereby represents and warrants to Tenant that as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health Commencement Date there are no underground storage tanks at the Premises and Safety Codethat Landlord is not aware of any asbestos in the Building or any non-compliance of the Premises with Environmental Laws (as hereinafter defined). As between Landlord and Tenant, Landlord shall be responsible for the illegal presence of Hazardous Materials at the Premises prior to the Commencement Date (iiunless arising from Tenant's actions) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess for the illegal presence of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials during the Term caused by Landlord. If, at any time or from time to be brought upontime during the Term (or any extension thereof) any Hazardous Material (defined below) is generated, transported, stored, used, generated, released treated or disposed of onat, underto, from from, on or about in the Premises by, or the Site as a result of any act or omission of, any or all of Tenant and any or all of Tenant's Parties (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that defined below): (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packagingshall, shall follow at its own cost, at all instructions on such packaging times comply (and cause all others to comply) with respect all laws (federal, state or local) relating to the storageHazardous Materials, use and disposal of such productsincluding, but not limited to, all Environmental Laws (defined below), and Tenant shall otherwise comply with further, at its own cost, obtain and maintain in full force and effect at all applicable laws with respect to such products, times all permits and other approvals required in connection therewith; (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord or Agent with complete and legible copies of all communications, permits or agreements with, from or issued by any governmental authority or agency (federal, state or local) or any private entity relating in any way to the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applicationspresence, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation ofthreat of release, complianceor placement of Hazardous Materials on or in the Premises, cleanupor the generation, remedial and corrective actionstransportation, and abatement storage, use, treatment, or disposal at, on, in or from the Premises, of any Hazardous Materials; (iii) Landlord, Agent and all complaints, pleadings their respective agents and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents employees shall have the right, but not the obligation, right to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil either or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant both (provided same is complying in accordance with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the other applicable provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about Lease)
(a) enter the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(eb) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenantconduct, at its expense, shall promptly take appropriate tests for the purposes of ascertaining Tenant's compliance with all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and applicable Laws (including Environmental Laws), rules or permits relating in any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord way to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy generation, transport, storage, use, treatment, disposal or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under at, in or about from the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned portion thereof; and (iv) upon written request by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat or Agent, provided that Landlord has a reasonable basis to believe that Hazardous Materials exist at the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by lawPremises, Tenant shall indemnifyprovide Landlord with the results of reasonably appropriate tests of air, hold harmlesswater or soil to demonstrate that Tenant complies with all applicable Laws relating in any way to the generation, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generationtransport, storage, use, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation presence of Hazardous Materials on, intoat, from, under in or about from the Premises, the Building and the Site and Premises or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, theportion thereof. This
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Hazardous Materials. Except for ordinary and general office supplies, such as copier toner, liquid paper, glue, ink and common household cleaning materials and, to the extent approved in writing by Landlord (a) For purposes which shall not be unreasonably withheld), materials reasonably necessary for the conduct of this Lease, the term Tenants business that are used and stored In compliance with all applicable laws (some or all of which may constitute “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in Section 25501(n) of the California Health and Safety Codethis Lease), (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability Tenant agrees not to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, handled, generated, released or disposed of on, underin, from under or about the Premises by Tenant, its agents, employees, subtenants, assignees, licensees, contractors or the Site invitees (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) collectively, “Tenant’s Parties”), without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the rightwhich consent Landlord may, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials except as otherwise expressly provided above (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to materials reasonably necessary for the storage, use conduct of Tenant’s business that are used and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply stored in compliance with all applicable laws with respect to such productslaws), and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, withhold in its sole and absolute discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate . Concurrently with respect to any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute agrees to complete and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B “E” attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until hereto Upon the expiration or sooner earlier termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose agrees to Landlord in writing promptly remove from the names Premises, at its sole cost and amounts of expense, any and all Hazardous Materials, including any equipment or systems containing Hazardous Materials which were are installed, brought upon, stored, generated, used, generated or released and/or disposed of onupon, In, under or about the Premises for by Tenant or any of Tenant’s Parties To the twelvefullest extent permitted by law, Tenant agrees to promptly indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless Landlord and Landlord’s partners, officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns (collectively, “Landlord Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all claims, damages, judgments, suits, causes of action, losses, liabilities, penalties, fines, expenses and costs including, without limitation, clean-month period prior theretoup, removal, remediation and restoration costs, sums paid in settlement of claims, attorneys’ fees, consultant fees and expert fees and court costs) which Tenant desires to storearise or result from the presence of Hazardous Materials on, generate, use, release and/or dispose of onIn, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month periodand which are caused or permitted by Tenant or any of Tenant’s Panics. In addition, Tenant agrees to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide notify Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement release of Hazardous Materials; and all complaintsMaterials which Tenant becomes aware of during the Term of this Lease, pleadings and whether caused by Tenant or any other legal documents filed persons or entities In the event of any release of Hazardous Materials caused or permitted by Tenant or against Tenant related to any of Tenant’s useParties or any other persons or entitles, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor cause Tenant to immediately take all steps Landlord deems necessary or appropriate to remediate such release and prevent any similar future release to the Premises, satisfaction of Landlord and Landlord’s mortgagee(s) At all times during the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms Term of this Section 5.3, Lease and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord accordance with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees15 hereof, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall will have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate enter upon the Premises to inspect, investigate, sample and/or monitor the Premises to determine if Tenant is in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection compliance with any claims arising out the terms of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of this Lease regarding Hazardous Materials onTenant will, underupon the reasonable request of Landlord (which request shall not, from unless Tenant has failed to comply with the terms and provisions of this Section 6 3 or about except in cases of emergency, be made more than once every six (6) months throughout the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence Term of any Hazardous Materials onthis Lease, under, from or about the Premises or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury cause to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination be performed an environmental audit of the Premises at Tenant’s expense by an environmental consulting firm reasonably acceptable to Landlord As used in this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” shall mean and include any hazardous or the Sitetoxic materials, substances or (iii) injury to wastes as now or contamination hereafter designated under any law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, order or ruling of any real agency of the State, the United States Government or personal property wherever situatedany local governmental authority, Tenantincluding, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, asbestos, petroleum, petroleum hydrocarbons and petroleum based products, was formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”), freon and other chlorofluorocarbons, and any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization material defined as a “biohazardous waste” or “medical waste” or other treatment waste under California Health and Safety Code, Division 20, Chapter 81 (Medical Waste Management Act) The provisions of this Section 6 3 will survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease Tenant shall immediately advise Landlord in writing of, and provide Landlord a copy of:
(1) Any notice of violation or potential or alleged violation of any such law concerning Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoingMaterials received by Tenant from any governmental agency, Tenant shall notand
(2) Any and all inquiry, without Landlord’s prior written consentinvestigation, take any remedial action in response enforcement, clean-up, removal or governmental or regulatory actions Instituted or threatened relating to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Premises. Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord harmless Tenant from and against any and all liabilitiesclaims, lossesjudgments, damages, diminution in value, judgmentspenalties, fines, demandscosts, claimsliabilities and losses (including, recoverieswithout limitation, deficiencies, costs sums paid In settlement of claims and expenses (including without limitation for reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs consultant fees and other professional expenses)expert fees, whether foreseeable (but specifically excluding special, indirect or unforeseeableconsequential damages including but not limited to claims for loss of use, anticipated profit or business opportunity, market-based stigma damages or business interruption, or mental or emotional distress or fear of injury or disease) to the extent arising directly as a result of any Hazardous Materials (1) located in, on or indirectly out under the Building as of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation commencement of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification ’s occupancy of the Premises, theor (2) hereafter caused to be located in, on or under the Building by Landlord and/or any of Landlord’s employees, agents or representatives or any other persons or entitles (except Tenant or Tenant’s Parties) This indemnification of Tenant by Landlord includes, without limitation, costs incurred in connection with any investigation of site conditions or any clean-up, remedial, removal or restoration work. The provisions of this paragraph shall survive the expiration of the Term or earlier termination of this Lease. Notwithstanding anything above to the contrary, the foregoing indemnity shall not extend to Hazardous Materials caused to be located in, on or under the Building by Tenant or any of Tenant’s Parties
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Sources: Single Tenant Industrial Lease (Imcor Pharmaceutical Co)
Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes (i) any “hazardous materialsmaterial” as defined in Section 25501(n25501(o) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as result of such person’s possession, use, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or knowingly permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard household office and cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, glue, ink, janitorial cleaning supplies, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole and absolute discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant’s use of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials (excluding those referred to in the second sentence of this Section 5.3(b) above) by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any reasonable costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand; however, Tenant shall have no obligation to reimburse Landlord for any costs incurred in connection with any environmental consultant retained by Landlord to conduct periodic inspections unless Tenant shall be in default under this Section 5.3 and such costs are covered by Tenant’s indemnity obligations contained in this Section 5.3.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement (the “Environmental Questionnaire”) in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials (excluding those referred to in the second sentence of Section 5.3(b) above) which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials (excluding those referred to in the second sentence of Section 5.3 (b) above) upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, at Landlord’s expense (except as otherwise expressly provided herein), to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall shall, at reasonable times and in a manner as to minimize interference with Tenant’s business, provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or knowingly permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the SiteProject, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site Project and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, from, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site Project or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or and (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys reasonably acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and or the Site Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or knowingly permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Such indemnity obligation shall specifically include, specifically including without limitation limitation, the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, thethe Building and the Project and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, the preparation of any closure or other required plans, whether or not such action is required or necessary during the Term or after the expiration of this Lease and any loss of rental due to the inability to lease the Premises or any portion of the Building or Project, in each case as a result of such Hazardous Material or remediation thereof. If it is at any time discovered that Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees may have caused or permitted the release of a Hazardous Material on, under, from or about the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord, Tenant shall, at Landlord’s request, immediately prepare and submit to Landlord a comprehensive plan, subject to Landlord’s approval, specifying the actions to be taken by Tenant to return the Premises, the Building or the Project or any other real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials. Upon Landlord’s approval of such cleanup plan, Tenant shall, at its expense, and without limitation of any rights and remedies of Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, immediately implement such plan and proceed to cleanup such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable laws and as required by such plan and this Lease. The provisions of this Section 5.3(e) shall expressly survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease.
(f) Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, certain facts relating to Hazardous Materials at the Project known by Landlord to exist as of the date of this Lease, as more particularly described in Exhibit C attached hereto. Tenant shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the Hazardous Materials facts described in Exhibit C, nor with respect to any Hazardous Materials which were neither released on the Premises during the Term nor caused or knowingly permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees. Landlord shall take responsibility, at its sole cost and expense, for any Hazardous Materials classified as such and existing in the Premises as of the date of this Lease and required to be removed, encapsulated or treated under any applicable law, or any governmentally-ordered clean-up, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of the Hazardous Materials conditions described in this Section 5.3(f). The foregoing obligation on the part of Landlord shall include the reasonable costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees) of defending Tenant from and against any legal action or proceeding instituted by any governmental agency in connection with such clean-up, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of such conditions, provided that Tenant promptly tenders such defense to Landlord. Tenant agrees to notify its agents, employees, contractors, licensees, and invitees of any exposure or potential exposure to Hazardous Materials at the Premises that Landlord brings to Tenant’s attention. Tenant hereby acknowledges that this disclosure satisfies any obligation of Landlord to Tenant pursuant to California Health & Safety Code Section 25359.7, or any amendment or substitute thereto or any other disclosure obligations of Landlord.
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Hazardous Materials. (a) For purposes of this Lease, the term “Hazardous Materials” includes means (i) any “hazardous materialsmaterial” as defined in Section 25501(n25501(0) of the California Health and Safety Code, (ii) hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls or asbestos, (iii) any toxic or hazardous materials, substances, wastes or materials as defined pursuant to any other applicable state, federal or local law or regulation, and (iv) any other substance or matter which results may result in liability to any person or entity from exposure to as a result of such person’s possession, use, storage, release or distribution of such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory, and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord’s sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises a reasonable quantity of standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Hazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”, and the like), provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole and reasonable discretion, place such conditions as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to Tenant’s use, storage and/or disposal of any such Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenantrequiring Landlord’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practicesconsent. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with the storage, generationuse, release, and/or disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, therewith shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior to the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire and Disclosure Statement a Hazardous Material Survey Form (the “Environmental QuestionnaireSurvey Form”) in the form of Exhibit B J attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents to pre-approves the Hazardous Material Form submitted by Tenant on January 9, 2012 and the use by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous MaterialsPremises described therein. The completed Environmental Questionnaire Survey Form shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires reasonably expects to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, emergency response or action plans, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence Correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation ofinvestigation, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s storage, generation, use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site Premises and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnelpersonnel related thereto. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3, or in the event of a release of any Hazardous Material on, under under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the SitePremises.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site Project caused or permitted by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees licensees, subtenants or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or (iii) injury to or contamination of any real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take any remedial action in response to the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such action. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) Landlord and any successors to all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Premises and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, arising directly or indirectly out of the use, generation, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification of the Premises, theresults
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Hazardous Materials. Hazardous Materials" means any biologically or chemically active or other hazardous substances or materials in any manner regulated by Legal Requirement or Insurance Requirement, including without limitation, those described in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (a) For purposes of this Lease42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq.), the term “Hazardous Materials” includes Materials Transportation Act (i) any “hazardous materials” as defined in 49 U.S.C. Section 25501(n) of 1801 et seq.), the California Health Resource Conservation and Safety CodeRecovery Act (42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act (ii) any other substance or matter which results in liability to any person or entity from exposure to such substance or matter under any statutory or common law theory15 U.S.C. Section 2601 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et seq.), and (iii) any substance or matter which is in excess of permitted levels set forth in any federal, California applicable state or local law or regulation pertaining to any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste.
(b) laws and the regulations adopted under these acts. Tenant shall not (either with or without negligence) cause or permit the escape, disposal or release of any Hazardous Materials in any manner not sanctioned by law and the highest standards prevailing in the shopping center industry of the storage and use of such materials, nor allow to be brought upon, stored, used, generated, released or disposed into the Shopping Center any Hazardous Materials except to use in the ordinary course of on, under, from or about the Premises or the Site (including without limitation the soil and groundwater thereunder) without the prior written consent of Landlord. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, without obtaining prior written consent of Landlord, to utilize within the Premises standard household cleaning products and office products that may contain 1-lazardous Materials (such as photocopy toner, “White Out”Tenant's business, and then only after written notice is given to Landlord of the like)identity of such materials provided, provided however, that (i) Tenant shall maintain such products in their original retail packaging, shall follow all instructions on such packaging with respect to the storage, use and disposal of such products, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable laws with respect to such products, and (ii) all of the other terms and provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply with respect to Tenant’s storage, use and disposal of all such products. Landlord may, in its sole discretion, place such conditions notice need not be given as Landlord deems appropriate with respect to any Hazardous Materials normally used in the restaurant industry by operators or agents such as janitorial services, particularly restaurants similar to Tenants If any lender or governmental agency shall ever require testing of any materials to ascertain whether or not there has been any release of Hazardous Materials, and may further require that Tenant demonstrate that any such Hazardous Materials are necessary or useful to Tenant’s business and will be generated, stored, used and disposed of in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining thereto and with good business practices. Tenant understands that Landlord may utilize an environmental consultant to assist in determining conditions of approval in connection with then the storage, generation, release, disposal or use of Hazardous Materials by Tenant on or about the Premises, and/or to conduct periodic inspections of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal of such Hazardous Materials by Tenant on and from the Premises, and Tenant agrees that any reasonable costs incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, to the extent of a violation by Tenant of the provisions of this Section 5.3 of the Lease, thereof shall be reimbursed by Tenant to Landlord upon demand as additional rent hereunder upon demand.
(c) Prior Additional Rent if such requirement can be reasonably applied to Tenant's Work or other work or alterations Tenant performed on the execution Premises or the conduct of this Lease, Tenant's business in the Premises. Tenant shall completeexecute affidavits, execute representations and deliver the like from time to time at Landlord's request concerning Tenant's best knowledge and belief regarding the presence of Hazardous Materials contained on or within the Premises. Tenant shall defend, indemnify, protect and hold harmless Landlord an Environmental Questionnaire its affiliates, parent corporation, subsidiaries, partners, management company, successors and Disclosure Statement assigns, and the employees, agents, officers, directors of any of them from and against any and all Claims (the “Environmental Questionnaire”including, without limitation, consultant, investigation and laboratory fees) directly or indirectly arising out of, or in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Landlord hereby consents any way related to the use (i) any breach by Tenant of the kinds and quantities of Hazardous Materials shown in the foregoing-delivered Environmental Questionnaire, provided Tenant shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the generation, storage, use and disposal of such Hazardous Materials. The completed Environmental Questionnaire shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. On each anniversary of the Commencement Date until the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, Tenant shall disclose to Landlord in writing the names and amounts of all Hazardous Materials which were stored, generated, used, released and/or disposed of on, under or about the Premises for the twelve-month period prior thereto, and which Tenant desires to store, generate, use, release and/or dispose of on, under or about the Premises for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, to the extent Tenant is permitted to utilize hazardous Materials upon the Premises, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with complete and legible copies of all the following environmental documents relating thereto: reports filed pursuant to any self-reporting requirements; permit applications, permits, monitoring reports, workplace exposure and community exposure warnings or notices and all other reports, disclosures, plans or documents (even those which may be characterized as confidential) relating to water discharges, air pollution, waste generation or disposal, and underground storage tanks for hazardous Materials; orders, reports, notices, listings and correspondence (even those which may be considered confidential) of or concerning the release, investigation of, compliance, cleanup, remedial and corrective actions, and abatement of Hazardous Materials; and all complaints, pleadings and other legal documents filed by or against Tenant related to Tenant’s use, handling, storage, release and/or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(d) Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect, sample and/or monitor the Premises, the Site and/or the soil or groundwater thereunder at any time to determine whether Tenant is complying with the terms of this Section 5.3, and in connection therewith Tenant shall provide Landlord with full access to all relevant facilities, records and personnel. If Tenant is not in compliance with any of the provisions of this Section 5.3Section; (ii) the presence, use, generation, transportation, disposal, spillage, discharge, emission, leakage, release, or in the event of a threatened release of any Hazardous Material onMaterials which is at, under or about the Premises and/or the Site caused or permitted by Tenantin, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, Landlord and its agents shall have the right, but not the obligation, without limitation upon any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies under this Lease, to immediately enter upon the Premises and/or the Site without notice and to discharge Tenant’s obligations under this Section 5.3 at Tenant’s expense, including without limitation the taking of emergency or long-term remedial action. Landlord and its agents shall endeavor to minimize interference with Tenant’s business in connection therewith, but shall not be liable for any such interference. In addition, Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to join and participate in any legal proceedings or actions initiated in connection with any claims arising out of the storage, generation, use, release and/or disposal by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees of Hazardous Materials on, under, from or about the Premises and/or the Site.
(e) If the presence of any Hazardous Materials on, underabout, from or about affecting the Premises or the Site Shopping Center, to the extent proven to be caused or permitted by Tenant or any of its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees results in (i) injury to any person, (ii) injury to or any contamination of the Premises or the Site, or Permittees; (iii) any personal injury to (including wrongful death) or contamination of any property damage (real or personal property wherever situated, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly take all actions necessary personal) arising out of or related to return the Premises and the Site and any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord to the condition existing prior to the introduction of such Hazardous Materials and to remedy or repair any such injury or contamination, including without limitation, any cleanup, remediation, removal, disposal, neutralization or other treatment of any such Hazardous Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing; (iv) any lawsuit brought or threatened, Tenant shall notsettlement reached, without Landlord’s prior written consent, take or governmental order or directive relating to such Hazardous Materials; or (v) any remedial action in response to the presence violation of any Environmental Law relating to such Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord or enter into any similar agreement, consent, decree or other compromise with any governmental agency with respect to any Hazardous Materials claims; provided however, Landlord’s prior written consent shall not be necessary in the event that the presence of Hazardous Materials on, under or about the Premises or the Site or any other affected real or personal property owned by Landlord (i) imposes an immediate threat to the health, safety or welfare of any individual or (ii) is of such a nature that an immediate remedial response is necessary and it is not possible to obtain Landlord’s consent before taking such actionMaterials. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless, protect best knowledge and defend (with attorneys acceptable to Landlord) belief of Landlord and any successors to all there is no Hazardous Materials contained on or any portion of Landlord’s interest in under the Premises as of the date of execution of this Lease and, further, Landlord indemnifies, protects and the Site holds harmless Tenant its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees, agents, successors and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord assigns from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, diminution in value, judgments, fines, demands, claims, recoveries, deficiencies, costs and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, court costs and other professional expenses), whether foreseeable directly or unforeseeableindirectly, arising directly out of, or indirectly out of the userelated to contamination which occurred prior to, generationor subsequent to, storage, treatment, release, on- or off-site disposal or transportation of Hazardous Materials on, into, from, under or about the Premises, the Building and the Site and any other real or personal property owned by Landlord caused or permitted by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors, licensees or invitees, specifically including without limitation the cost of any required or necessary repair, restoration, cleanup or detoxification 's occupancy of the Premises, the. This Section 26.16 shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of the term of this Lease.
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