adjacent to the Leased Property or the Project Property without (a) obtaining Landlord ’s prior written approval, (b) providing Landlord with 60 days’ prior written notice of the exact amount, nature, and manner of intended use of such Hazardous Materials, and (c) complying with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations, policies and authorities relating to the storage, use, disposal and clean-up of Hazardous Materials, including, but not limited to, the obtaining of all proper permits.
9.4.2. Tenant shall immediately notify Landlord of any inquiry, test, investigation, or enforcement proceeding by, against or directed at Tenant or the Premises concerning Hazardous Materials. Tenant acknowledges that Landlord, as the owner of the Project Property, shall have the right, at its election, in its own name or as Tenant’s agent, to negotiate, defend, approve, and appeal, at Tenant’s expense, any action taken or order issued by any applicable governmental authority with regard to Hazardous Materials used, stored, disposed of or released on or from the Premises by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors or invitees.
9.4.3. If Tenant’s storage, use, disposal or release of any Hazardous Materials in, on or adjacent to the Premises or the Project results in any contamination of the Leased Property, the Premises, the Project, the Project Property, the soil, surface or groundwater thereunder or the air above or around the Leased Property, the Premises, the Project or the Project Property (a) requiring remediation under federal, state or local statutes, ordinances, regulations or policies, or (b) at levels which are unacceptable to Landlord, in Landlord’s sole but reasonable discretion, Tenant agrees to clean-up the contamination immediately, at Tenant’s sole cost and expense. Tenant further agrees to indemnify, defend and hold Landlord harmless from and against any claims, suits, causes of action, costs, damages, loss and fees, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, arising out of or in connection with (y) any clean-up work, inquiry or enforcement proceeding relating to Hazardous Materials currently or hereafter used, stored, disposed of or released by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors or invitees on or about the Leased Property, the Premises, the Project or the Project Property, and (z) the use, storage, disposal or release by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors or invitees of any Hazardous Materials on or about the Leased Property, the Premises, the Project or the Project Property.
9.4.4. Notwithstanding any other right of entry granted to Landlord under this Lease, Landlord shall have the right to enter the Premises or to have consultants enter the Premises throughout the Term at reasonable times and upon reasonable prior notice for the purpose of determining: (a) whether the Premises are in conformity with federal, state and local statutes, regulations, ordinances and policies, including those pertaining to the environmental condition of the Premises; (b) whether Tenant has complied with this Section 9; and (c) the corrective measures, if any, required of Tenant to ensure the safe use, storage and disposal of Hazardous Materials. Tenant agrees to provide access and reasonable assistance for such inspections. Such inspections may include, but are not limited to, entering the Premises with machinery for the purpose of obtaining laboratory samples. Landlord shall not be limited in the number of such inspections during the Term. If, during such inspections, it is found that Tenant’s use, storage, disposal or release of Hazardous Materials constitutes a violation of this Lease, in addition to any other remedies available to Landlord by reason of such violation, Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for the cost of such inspections within 10 days of receipt of a written statement therefor. If such consultants determine that the Premises are contaminated with Hazardous Materials or in violation of any applicable environmental law, Tenant shall, in a timely manner, at its expense, remove such Hazardous Materials or otherwise comply with the recommendations of such consultants to the reasonable satisfaction of Landlord and any applicable governmental agencies. If Tenant fails to do so, Landlord, at its sole discretion, may, in addition to all other remedies available to Landlord under this Lease and at law and in equity, cause the violation and the contamination to be remedied at Tenant’s sole cost and expense. The right granted to Landlord herein to inspect the Premises shall not create a duty on Landlord’s part to inspect the Premises, or liability of Landlord for Tenant’s use, storage or disposal of Hazardous Materials, it being understood that Tenant shall be solely responsible for all liability in connection therewith.
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