definiens: means all actions, including any capital expenditures, required by Environmental Laws or voluntarilyundertaken to : ( a ) investigate, cleanup, remove, treat or otherwise address any Release of any Hazardous Substance;(b ) prevent the Release or threatened Release or to minimize the further Release of any Hazardous Substance ; ( c ) restore orreclaim the environment or natural resources with respect to a Release of any Hazardous Substances, which will includewithout limitation, the payment of natural resource damages ; ( d ) perform remedial investigations, feasibility studies, corrective actions, closures and post - remedial or post - closure studies, investigations, operations and maintenance andmonitoring with respect to any Hazardous Substances, including any monitoring, certification or filings associated with anyinstitutional controls ; ( e ) prepare and submit any reports or other submissions or other responses to be provided to or filedwith any Governmental Authority in connection with any of the foregoing activities and, to the extent necessary orappropriate, respond to any comments from any Governmental Authority in connection therewith ; and ( f ) bring all facilitiesand the operations conducted thereon into compliance with Environmental Laws and applicable environmental Permits