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Exhibit C
<br />HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
<br />"Hazardous Materials" means any substance, material or waste which is or becomes regulated by any
<br />federal, state or local governmental authority, agency or governmental body, and includes without
<br />limitation (i) petroleum or oil or gas or any direct or indirect product or by-product thereof; (ii) asbestos
<br />and any material containing asbestos; (iii) any substance, material or waste regulated by or listed
<br />(directly or by reference) as a "hazardous substance", "hazardous material", "hazardous waste", "toxic
<br />waste", "toxic pollutant", "toxic substance", "solid waste" or "pollutant or contaminant" in or pursuant
<br />to, or similarly identified as hazardous to human health or the environment in or pursuant to, the Toxic
<br />Substances Control Act [15 U.S.C. 2601, et seq.]; the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
<br />Compensation and Liability Act [42 U.S.C. Section 9601, et seq.], the Hazardous Materials
<br />Transportation Authorization Act [49 U.S.C. Section 5101, et seq.], the Resource Conservation and
<br />Recovery Act [42 U.S.C. 6901, et seq.], the Federal Water Pollution Control Act [33 U.S.C. Section
<br />1251], the Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. Section 7401, et seq.], the California Underground Storage of
<br />Hazardous Substances Act [California Health and Safety Code Section 25280, et seq.], the California
<br />Hazardous Substances Account Act [California Health and Safety Code Section 25300, et seq.], the
<br />California Hazardous Waste Act [California Health and Safety Code Section 25100, et seq.], the
<br />California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act [California Health and Safety Code Section
<br />25249.5, et seq.], and the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act [California Water Code Section
<br />13000, et seq.], as they now exist or are hereafter amended, together with any regulations promulgated
<br />thereunder; (iv) any substance, material or waste which is defined as such or regulated by any
<br />"Superfund" or "Superlien" law, or any Environmental Law; (v) any material determined to be
<br />hazardous based on deleterious properties such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity or
<br />toxicity; or (vi) any other substance, material, chemical, waste or pollutant identified as hazardous or
<br />toxic and regulated under any other federal, state or local environmental law, including without
<br />limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, petroleum, natural gas and synthetic fuel products and
<br />by-products.
<br />"Environmental Law" means all federal, state or local statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders,
<br />decrees, judgments or common law doctrines, and provisions and conditions of permits, licenses and
<br />other operating authorizations regulating, or relating to, or imposing liability or standards of conduct
<br />concerning (i) pollution or protection of the environment, including natural resources; (ii) exposure of
<br />persons, including employees and agents, to Hazardous Materials (as defined above) or other products,
<br />raw materials, chemicals or other substances; (iii) protection of the public health or welfare from the
<br />effects of by-products, wastes, emissions, discharges or releases of chemical substances from industrial
<br />or commercial activities; (iv) the manufacture, use or introduction into commerce of chemical
<br />substances, including without limitation, their manufacture, formulation, labeling, distribution,
<br />transportation, handling, storage and disposal; or (iv) the use, xelease or disposal of toxic or hazardous
<br />substances or Hazardous Materials or the remediation of air, surface waters, groundwaters or soil, as
<br />now or may at any later time be in effect, including but not limited to the Toxic Substances Control Act
<br />[15 U.S.C. 2601, et seq.]; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
<br />[42 U.S.C. Section 9601, et seq.], the Hazardous Materials Transportation Authorization Act [49 U.S.C.
<br />Section 5101, et seq.], the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act [42 U.S.C. 6901, et seq.], the
<br />Federal Water Pollution Control Act [33 U.S.C. Section 1251], the Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. Section
<br />7401, et seq.], the California Underground Storage of Hazardous Substances Act [California Health and
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