definiens: means any federal, state or local law, statute, rule or regulation or applicable common law relating to the environment or human health and safety, including any statute, regulation, administrative decision or order pertaining to ( i ) treatment, storage, disposal, generation and transportation ofsolid waste or Hazardous Substances ( as hereinafter defined ) ; ( ii ) air, water and noise pollution ; ( iii ) groundwater and soilcontamination ; ( iv ) the Release ( as hereinafter defined ) or threatened Release into the environment of solid waste orHazardous Substances ; ( v ) the protection of wild life, marine life and wetlands, including all endangered and threatenedspecies ; ( vi ) storage tanks, vessels, containers, abandoned or discarded barrels and other closed receptacles ; ( vii ) health andsafety of employees and other persons ; or ( viii ) manufacturing, processing, using, distributing, treating, storing, disposing, transporting or handling of solid waste or Hazardous Substances