|
|
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
This excerpt taken from the LDIS 8-K filed Aug 18, 2009. 2.18 Environmental Matters. (a) The Seller is not liable or potentially liable for any response cost or natural resource damages under Section 107(a) of CERCLA, or under any other so-called superfund or superlien law or similar Legal Requirement, at or with respect to any site. (b) The Seller has never received any notice or other communication (in writing or otherwise) from any Governmental Body or other Person regarding any actual or alleged Liability arising from or relating to the presence, generation, manufacture, production, transportation, importation, use, treatment, refinement, processing, handling, storage, discharge, release, emission or disposal of any Hazardous Material. No Person has ever commenced or threatened to commence any contribution action or other Proceeding against the Seller in connection with any such actual or alleged Liability; and no event has occurred, and no condition or circumstance exists, that would reasonably be expected to directly or indirectly give rise to, or result in the Seller becoming subject to, any such Liability. (c) Except as set forth in Part 2.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, the Seller has never generated, manufactured, produced, transported, imported, used, treated, refined, processed, handled, stored, discharged, released or disposed of any Hazardous Material (whether lawfully or unlawfully). Except as set forth in Part 2.18 of the Disclosure Schedule, the Seller has never permitted (knowingly or otherwise) any Hazardous Material to be generated, manufactured, produced, used, treated, refined, processed, handled, stored, discharged, released
18
or disposed of (whether lawfully or unlawfully): (i) on or beneath the surface of any real property that is, or that has at any time been, owned by, leased to, controlled by or used by the Seller; (ii) in or into any surface water, groundwater, soil or air associated with or adjacent to any such real property; or (iii) in or into any well, pit, pond, lagoon, impoundment, ditch, landfill, building, structure, facility, improvement, installation, equipment, pipe, pipeline, vehicle or storage container that is or was located on or beneath the surface of any such real property or that is or has at any time been owned by, leased to, controlled by or used by the Seller. (d) To the actual knowledge of the Seller, all property that is owned by, leased to, controlled by or used by the Seller, and all surface water, groundwater, soil and air associated with or adjacent to such property: (i) is in clean and healthful condition; (ii) is free of any Hazardous Material and any harmful chemical or physical conditions; and (iii) is free of any environmental contamination of any nature. (e) To the actual knowledge of the Seller, each storage tank or other storage container that is or has been owned by, leased to, controlled by or used by the Seller, or that is located on or beneath the surface of any real property owned by, leased to, controlled by or used by the Seller: (i) is in sound condition; and (ii) has been demonstrated by accepted testing methodologies to be free of any corrosion or leaks. |
| |||||||