Common use of Pollution Legal Liability Clause in Contracts

Pollution Legal Liability. Coverage shall include: Bodily injury, sickness, disease, mental anguish or shock sustained by any person, including death; Property damage including physical injury to or destruction of tangible property including the resulting loss of use thereof, clean up costs, and the loss of use of tangible property that has not been physically injured or destroyed; Defense including cost, charges and expenses incurred in the investigation, adjustment or defense of claims for such compensatory damages; For losses that arise from the insured facility. Coverage shall apply to sudden and non-sudden pollution conditions including the discharge, dispersal, release or escape of smoke, vapors, soot, fumes, acids, alkalis, toxic chemicals, liquids or gases, waste materials or other irritants, contaminants or pollutants into or upon land, the atmosphere or any watercourse or body of water, which results in BODILY INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. Minimum Limits of Insurance The Contractor shall maintain limits no less than: General Liability: $1,000,000 per occurrence for bodily injury, personal injury and property damage. If Commercial General Liability Insurance or another equivalent coverage form with a general aggregate limit is used, either the general aggregate limit shall apply separately to this project/location or the general aggregate limit shall be twice the required occurrence limit. Automobile Liability: $1,000,000 per accident for bodily injury and property damage, $5,000,000 if “pollutants”, as defined in CA 0001 exclusion11, are to be transported. Employer’s Liability: $1,000,000 per accident for bodily injury of disease. Pollution Legal Liability: $2,000,000 per loss/$2,000,000 annual aggregate for disposal at non-hazardous treatment, storage and disposal facilities. $3,000,000 per loss/6,000,000 annual aggregate for hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities. Deductibles and Self-Insured Retentions Any deductibles or self-insured retentions must be declared to and approved by City Risk Manager. At the option of City Risk Manager the insurer shall reduce to a maximum of $50,000 or eliminate such deductibles or self-insured retentions as respects to the City, its officials and employees or the Contractor shall procure a bond guaranteeing payment of losses and related investigations, claim administration and defense expenses within the deductible or self-insured retention amount. Any self-insured retention or deductible amount on the policy shall not reduce the amount of collectible limits of liability.