by any Person or Governmental Authority for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial action or damages pursuant to any Environmental Law, and any claim by any third party seeking
damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief under any Environmental Law.
Environmental Laws means all federal, state, and local statutes, laws, regulations, rules, judgments
(including all tort causes of action), orders or decrees, in each case as modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time concerning the regulation, use or protection of the environment, coastal resources, protected plant and animal
species, human health and safety as it relates to Hazardous Material exposure or to Releases or threatened Releases of Hazardous Materials into the environment, including ambient air, soil, surface water, groundwater, wetlands, coastal waters, land
or subsurface strata, or otherwise relating to the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials but excluding for the avoidance of doubt any laws relating to
matters regulated by FERC, DOE, Department of Transportation or OFAC.
Environmental Permit means any
permit, approval, identification number, license or other authorization required under any applicable Environmental Law.
Equity Interests means, with respect to any Person, shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or
profit interests in) such Person, warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or other acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, securities convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or other acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and other ownership
or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and any successor statute, and all rules
and regulations from time to time promulgated thereunder.
Exchange Rate means, in relation to any
amount of currency to be converted into U.S. Dollars pursuant to this Agreement, the U.S. Dollar exchange rate as published in the Wall Street Journal on the relevant date of calculation.
Governmental Authority means the government of the United States of America or any other nation, or of any
political subdivision thereof, whether federal, state or local, and any agency, authority, municipality, 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 (including DOE, FERC, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and any supra national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central
Bank).
Governmental Authorization means any authorization, approval, consent, franchise, license,
covenant, order, ruling, permit, certification, exemption, notice, declaration or similar right, undertaking or other action of, to or by, or any filing, qualification or registration with, any Governmental Authority.
Hazardous Materials means:
(a) any petroleum or petroleum byproducts, flammable materials, explosives, radioactive materials, friable asbestos, urea
formaldehyde foam insulation and polychlorinated biphenyls;
(b) any chemicals, other materials, substances or wastes that
are now or hereafter become defined as or included in the definition of hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, hazardous materials, extremely hazardous wastes, restricted hazardous wastes,
toxic substances, toxic pollutants, contaminants, pollutants or words of similar import under any Environmental Law; and