(b) For purposes of this Agreement,“Hazardous Materials”shall mean, without limitation, any substance which is or contains: (i) any “hazardous substance,” as defined by CERCLA or any other applicable Environmental Law; (ii) any “hazardous waste,” as defined by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, or any other applicable Environmental Law; (iii) any new, unrefined, refined or used petroleum or petroleum hydrocarbon product or blend thereof; (iv) asbestos and asbestos containing materials, in any form, whether friable ornon-friable; (v) polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); (vi) radon gas; (vii) any pesticide, herbicide or other agricultural chemical; (viii) any pollutant or contaminant, or hazardous, dangerous, biohazardous, radioactive or toxic chemical, material or substance, within the meaning of, or regulated by, any federal, state or local law (including Environmental Laws), regulation, ordinance or requirement (including consent decrees and administrative orders), relating to or imposing responsibility, liability or standards of conduct, concerning any hazardous, toxic or dangerous waste, substance or material, or otherwise relating to pollution, the protection or regulation of human health, natural resources or the environment, or the emission, discharge, release or threatened release of pollutants, contaminants, chemicals, or industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or waste, into the environment, including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, sediment, land, soil, or subsurface, all as amended or hereafter amended; or (ix) any other material or substance now, or in the future, defined as or regulated under any Environmental Law as a “hazardous substance,” “hazardous material,” “hazardous waste,” “toxic substance,” “toxic pollutant,” “contaminant,” “pollutant,” “biohazard” or “radioactive substance.”“Environmental Laws”shall mean any present or future federal, state or local laws, statutes, codes, ordinances, rules, regulations, standards, policies, court orders, decrees, administrative orders, guidelines or other governmental directives, as well as common law, relating to protection of human health or safely or the environment or relating to Hazardous Materials, including without limitation, the Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.), Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. § 3000(f) et seq.), Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.), Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq.), and any law, statute, regulation, rule or ordinance of the state in which one or more of the Properties is located and any other governmental entity with actual or asserted jurisdiction over the Property or part thereof, concerning such hazardous, special or toxic materials, wastes or substances or any judicial, administrative, or otherwise binding and applicable interpretation of any such laws, rules or regulations.
(c) Any representations qualified to the “knowledge” of Seller as used in this Agreement means the current actual knowledge of Charles M. Scardina, Jr., without any duty of inquiry or investigation. In no event shall such named individual, or any member, manager, employee or agent of Seller, have any personal liability for breach of the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement.
(d) Each of the representations and warranties of Seller contained herein shall be shall survive the Closing for a period of nine (9) months. Any claim which Buyer may have against Seller for a breach of any such representation or warranty, whether such breach is known or unknown, which is not specifically asserted by written notice to Seller within such nine (9) month period shall not be valid or effective, and Seller shall have no liability with respect thereto. Under no circumstances shall Seller be liable to Buyer for more than $670,000.00 in any individual instance or in the aggregate for all representations and warranties of Seller under this Agreement, nor shall Buyer be entitled to bring any claim for such matters unless the claim (either in the aggregate or as to any individual claim) exceeds $25,000.00.
Section 4.9Access Covenants.
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