“Environmental Laws” means any or all applicable law relating to or concerning:
(a) pollution or contamination of the environment, any ecological system or any living organisms which inhabit the environment or any ecological system;
(b) the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, use (including abuse), treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials; and
(c) the emission, leak, release, spill or discharge into the environment of noise, vibration, dust, fumes, gas, odors, smoke, steam, effluvia, heat, light, radiation (of any kind), infection, electricity or any Hazardous Material and any matter or thing capable of constituting a nuisance or an actionable tort or breach of statutory duty of any kind in respect of such matters,
including, without limitation, the following laws of the United States of America: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, as amended, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, and the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, together, in each case, with the regulations promulgated and the guidance issued pursuant thereto.
“First Revolving Facility” means the “Revolving Facility” as defined in the Loan Agreement.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state, province or other political subdivision thereof and any agency, department, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
“Grantor” means the Borrower, the Guarantors and any other Person that pledges any Collateral under the Collateral Documents to secure any Secured Obligation.
“Guarantee” means the guarantee granted pursuant to Section 5.01.
“Guarantor” means each of the Primary Guarantor and each Vessel Owner.
“Hazardous Material” means any element or substance, whether natural or artificial, and whether consisting of gas, liquid, solid or vapor, whether on its own or in any combination with any other element or substance, which is listed, identified, defined or determined by any Environmental Law or other Applicable Law to be, to have been, or to be capable of being or becoming harmful to mankind or any living organism or damaging to the environment, including, without limitation, oil (as defined in the United States Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended).
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