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(d) "Manage" or "Management" means to generate, manufacture, process, treat,
<br />store, use, reuse, refine, recycle, reclaim, blend or burn for energy recovery, incinerate,
<br />accumulate speculatively, transport, transfer, dispose of or abandon Hazardous Materials which
<br />Management is regulated under Environmental Laws.
<br />(e) "Release" or "Released" shall mean any actual or threatened spilling, leaking,
<br />pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping or
<br />disposing of Hazardous Materials into the environment, as "environment" is defined in
<br />CERCLA, which Release is regulated under Environmental Laws.
<br />(f) "Response" or "Respond" shall mean action required under and taken in
<br />compliance with Environmental Laws to correct, remove, remediate, cleanup, prevent, mitigate,
<br />monitor, evaluate, investigate, assess or abate the Release of a Hazardous Material.
<br />20.2 Hazardous Materials. During the Term, Tenant shall (a) at its sole cost and
<br />expense, comply and cause the Premises to comply with all Environmental Laws applicable to
<br />Tenant and/or the Premises; (b) not conduct the Management of Hazardous Materials on the
<br />Premises except in de minimus amounts relating to the customary operation and management of
<br />office buildings, in compliance with Environmental Laws; (c) not cause or permit the Release of
<br />any Hazardous Materials on, to or from the Premises except in de minimus amounts relating to
<br />the customary operation and management of office buildings, in compliance with Environmental
<br />Laws; and (d) at its sole cost and expense, arrange for the lawful transportation and disposal of
<br />all Hazardous Materials from the Premises.
<br />20.3 Indemnification by Tenant. Tenant shall defend, indemnify and hold the
<br />Landlord (and its members, managers, governors, employees, successors and assigns) harmless
<br />from and against any and all losses, damages, costs, liabilities, expenses, attorneys fees, expert
<br />costs, engineering costs, remediation costs or fines arising from or in any manner, directly or
<br />indirectly, related to any breach by Tenant of any of its warranties, representations, covenants,
<br />agreements or obligations set forth in this Article 20. The provisions of this Section 20.3 shall
<br />survive termination or expiration of this Lease.
<br />20.4 No Landlord Representations. Landlord makes no representations or warranties
<br />with respect to the condition of the Land or the Premises, and Tenant hereby accepts the Land
<br />and the Premises on an "as -is" basis, without any obligation of Landlord to take any action with
<br />respect to compliance with Environmental Laws or Hazardous Materials, or Claims with respect
<br />to the Land or the Premises.
<br />20.5 Condition of Premises. The Premises is demised and let by Landlord "AS IS" in
<br />(a) its present condition, subject to the rights of any parties in possession thereof (other than
<br />rights, if any, granted by Landlord), the state of the title thereto existing at the time of the
<br />commencement of the Term (other than defects in, or exceptions to, title, if any, created by
<br />Landlord), any state of facts which an accurate surveyor physical inspection might show, all
<br />Applicable Laws, any violations of Applicable Laws which may exist at the commencement of
<br />the Term and the presence of any Hazardous Materials at or under the Premises or at or under
<br />any property in the vicinity of the Premises. Tenant has occupied the Premises as owner
<br />immediately prior to entering into this Lease, has inspected the Premises, is satisfied with the
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