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<br />"Hazardous Substances" shall mean: (a) those substances included within the
<br />definitions of any one or more of the terms "hazardous materials," "hazardous
<br />wastes," "hazardous substances," "industrial wastes," and "toxic pollutants," as
<br />such terms are defined under the Environmental Laws, or any of them; (b)
<br />petroleum and petroleum products, including, without limitation, crude oil and
<br />any fractions thereof; (c) natural gas, synthetic gas and any mixtures thereof; (d)
<br />asbestos and or any material which contains any hydrated mineral silicate,
<br />including, without limitation, chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, tremolite,
<br />anthophyllite and/or actinolite, whether friable or non - friable; (e)
<br />polychlorinated biphenyl ( "PCBs ") or PCB - containing materials or fluids; (f)
<br />radon; (g) any other hazardous or radioactive substance, material, pollutant,
<br />contaminant or waste; and (h) any other substance with respect to which any
<br />Environmental Law or governmental authority requires environmental
<br />investigation, monitoring or remediation. As used herein, the term
<br />"Environmental Laws" shall mean all federal, state and local laws, statutes,
<br />ordinances and regulations, now or hereafter in effect, in each case as amended
<br />or supplemented from time to time, including, without limitation, all applicable
<br />judicial or administrative orders, applicable consent decrees and binding
<br />judgments relating to the regulation and protection of human health, safety, the
<br />environment and natural resources (including, without limitation, ambient air,
<br />surface, water, groundwater, wetlands, land surface or subsurface strata,
<br />wildlife, aquatic species and vegetation), including, without limitation, the
<br />Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of
<br />1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 9601 et. seq.), the Hazardous Material
<br />Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. §§ 5101 et. seq.), the Federal
<br />Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. § 136 et.
<br />seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. §
<br />6901 et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. § 2601
<br />et seq.), the Clean Air Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et. seq.), the
<br />Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et. seq),
<br />the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 300f et. seq.), any state
<br />or local counterpart or equivalent of any of the foregoing, and any federal, state
<br />or local transfer of ownership notification or approval statutes. "Release" shall
<br />mean any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging,
<br />injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping or disposing of any Hazardous
<br />Substances.
<br />E. The negotiation and completion of agreements and documents guiding the
<br />selection of designers and contractors, the timelines for the completion of
<br />various aspects of the design work, the methods and scheduling input, and other
<br />specific design and construction coordination necessary to ensure the successful
<br />completion of the Project.
<br />F. The negotiation and execution of this Agreement (wherein
<br />the Town and the County's property interests in the Facilities may convert
<br />to condominium interests post - construction) under which the Parties shall have
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