knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, any tenant of any of the properties owned or leased by the Company and its subsidiaries has received any written notice of a claim under or pursuant to any Environmental Law applicable to such property or under common law pertaining to Hazardous Substances on or originating from such property, except for any such claims which would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) neither the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, any tenant of any of the properties owned or leased by the Company and its subsidiaries has received any written notice from any governmental authority claiming any violation of any Environmental Law applicable to such property that is uncured or unremediated as of the date hereof, except for any such violations which would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (v) no property owned or leased by the Company and its subsidiaries is included or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, proposed for inclusion on the National Priorities List issued pursuant to CERCLA (as defined below) by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”), nor has the Company or any of its subsidiaries received any written notice from the EPA or any other governmental authority proposing the inclusion of any such property on such list; (vi) the Company and its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, each tenant at any of the properties owned or leased by the Company and its subsidiaries (a) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (b) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except in each case where such noncompliance, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and (vii) there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
As used herein: “Hazardous Substance” shall include, without limitation, any hazardous substance, hazardous waste, toxic or dangerous substance, pollutant, solid waste or similarly designated materials, including, without limitation, oil, petroleum or any petroleum-derived substance or waste, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, PCBs, pesticides, explosives, radioactive materials, dioxins, urea formaldehyde insulation or any constituent of any such substance, pollutant or waste, including any such substance, pollutant or waste identified or regulated under any Environmental Law (including, without limitation, materials listed in the United States Department of Transportation Optional Hazardous Material Table, 49 C.F.R. Section 172.101, as heretofore amended, or in the EPA’s List of Hazardous Substances and Reportable Quantities, 40 C.F.R. Part 302, as heretofore amended); “Environment” shall mean any surface water, drinking water, ground water, land surface, subsurface strata, river sediment, buildings, structures, and ambient, workplace and indoor air; “Environmental Law” shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq.) (“CERCLA”), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 6901, et seq.), the Clean Air Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 7401, et seq.), the Clean Water Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. Section 1251, et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. Section 2601, et seq.), the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended (29 U.S.C. Section 651, et seq.), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. Section 1801, et seq.), and
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