Contamination definition

Contamination means the presence of, or Release on, under, from or to the environment of any Hazardous Substance, except the routine storage and use of Hazardous Substances from time to time in the ordinary course of business, in compliance with Environmental Laws and with good commercial practice.

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Contamination means an impairment of the quality of the waters of the state by waste to a degree which creates a hazard to the public health through poisoning or through the spread of disease. “Contamination” includes any equivalent effect resulting from the disposal of waste, whether or not waters of the state are affected.

Contamination means the presence of a contaminant, pollutant, hazardous substance, petroleum, or petroleum product.

Examples of Contamination in a sentence

• Tenant shall, at its expense, monitor the Premises for the presence of Hazardous Materials or conditions which may reasonably give rise to Contamination (defined below) and promptly notify Landlord if it suspects Contamination in the Premises.

• Any remediation of Contamination caused by a Tenant Party or its contractors or invitees which is required by Law or which is deemed necessary by Landlord, in Landlord’s opinion, shall be performed by Landlord and Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for the cost thereof, plus a 15% administrative fee.

• Notwithstanding any other provision of this Lease to the contrary, Tenant shall hold Landlord Parties harmless from and indemnify and defend such parties against, all Claims that arise out of or in connection with a breach of this Lease, specifically including any violation of applicable Laws or Contamination (defined in Article 30) caused by a Tenant Party.

• For purposes of this Lease, claims arising from Contamination shall include diminution in value, restrictions on use, adverse impact on leasing space, and all costs of site investigation, remediation, removal and restoration work, including response costs under CERCLA and similar statutes.

More Definitions of Contamination

Contamination means the presence or release or threat of release of Regulated Substances in, on, under or migrating to or from the Property, which pursuant to Environmental Laws requires notification or reporting to an Official Body, or which pursuant to Environmental Laws requires the performance of a Remedial Action or which otherwise constitutes a violation of Environmental Laws.

Contamination as used herein means the presence of or release of Hazardous Substances (as hereinafter defined) into any environmental media from, upon, within, below, into or on any portion of the Demised Premises, the Building, the Building Common Area or the Project so as to require remediation, cleanup or investigation under any applicable Environmental Law (as hereinafter defined).

Contamination means the presence of Hazardous Materials in amounts exceeding regulatory action levels.

Contamination means an impairment of the quality of the water by entrance of any substance to a degree which could create a health hazard.

Contamination or "contaminant" means any discharged

Contamination means the emission, discharge or release of any Hazardous Material to, on, onto or into the environment.

Contamination or “Contaminated” shall mean the presence of Hazardous Substances in, on or under the soil, groundwater, surface water or other environmental media to an extent that any Response Action is legally required by any Governmental Authority under any Environmental Law with respect to such presence of Hazardous Substances.