Guarantor and its subsidiaries (including the Partnership), except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such matter, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) except as described in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus, (a) there are no proceedings that are pending, or that are known to be contemplated, against the Guarantor and its subsidiaries (including the Partnership) under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed, (b) the Guarantor and its subsidiaries (including the Partnership) are not aware of any facts or issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws, including the Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials, that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries (including the Partnership), and (c) none of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries (including the Partnership) anticipates material capital expenditures relating to any Environmental Laws;
(aa) There has been no storage, generation, transportation, use, handling, treatment, Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials by, relating to or caused by the Guarantor and its subsidiaries (including the Partnership) (or, to the knowledge of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries (including the Partnership), any other entity (including any predecessor) for whose acts or omissions the Guarantor and its subsidiaries (including the Partnership) is or could reasonably be expected to be liable) at, on, under or from any property or facility now or previously owned, operated or leased by the Guarantor and its subsidiaries (including the Partnership), or at, on, under or from any other property or facility, in violation of any Environmental Laws or in a manner or amount or to a location that could reasonably be expected to result in any liability of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries (including the Partnership) under any Environmental Law, except for any violation or liability which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. “Hazardous Materials” means any material, chemical, substance, waste, pollutant, contaminant, compound, mixture, or constituent thereof, in any form or amount, including petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) and petroleum products, natural gas liquids, asbestos and asbestos containing materials, naturally occurring radioactive materials, brine, and drilling mud, regulated or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law. “Release” means any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing, or migrating in, into or through the environment, or in, into from or through any building or structure;
(bb) Neither the Partnership nor the Guarantor is, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the issuance of the Guarantees, will be an “investment company,” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”);
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