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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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