described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus for the purpose of handling, burying, storing, retaining, refining, transporting, processing, manufacturing, generating, producing, spilling, seeping, leaking, escaping, leaching, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, dumping, transferring or otherwise disposing of or dealing with Hazardous Materials other than in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws;
(ii) the Company does not know of any seepage, leak, escape, leaching, discharge, injection, release, emission, spill, pumping, pouring, emptying or dumping of Hazardous Materials into waters on or adjacent to the Properties or onto lands from which such hazardous or toxic waste of substances might seep, flow or drain into such waters, which would require remediation under applicable Environmental Laws; and
(iii) neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received notice of, or has knowledge of any occurrence or circumstance which, with notice or passage of time or both, would give rise to, any claim under or pursuant to any Environmental Law pertaining to Hazardous Materials or toxic waste or substances on or originating from the Properties or arising out of the conduct of any such party, including, without limitation, pursuant to any Environmental Law; as used herein, “Hazardous Materials” shall include, without limitation, any flammable explosives, radioactive materials, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, hazardous or toxic substances, or related materials, asbestos or any material as defined by any federal, state or local environmental law, ordinance, rule, or regulation including, without limitation, Environmental Laws, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 9601,etseq.) (“CERCLA”), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. Section 1801,etseq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 9601,etseq.), and in the regulations adopted and publications promulgated pursuant to each of the foregoing or by any federal, state or local governmental authority having or claiming jurisdiction over the Properties as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(r) The Company has complied in all material respects with all provisions of Title 5, Chapter 200, of the Texas Business Organization Code.
(s) None of the assets of the Company or the Subsidiaries constitutes, nor will such assets, as of the Applicable Time or the Closing Date, constitute, “plan assets” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
(t) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among any of the Company or the Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any trust manager, officer, shareholder, customer or supplier of the Company or the Subsidiaries, on the other hand, which is required by the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus which is not
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