definiens: shall mean any federal, state or local law, statute, rule, order, directive, judgment, Permit orregulation or the common law relating to the environment, occupational health and safety, or exposure of persons or propertyto Materials of Environmental Concern, including any statute, regulation, administrative decision or order pertaining to : ( i ) the presence of or the treatment, storage, disposal, generation, transportation, handling, distribution, manufacture, processing, use, import, export, labeling, recycling, registration, investigation or remediation of Materials of EnvironmentalConcern or documentation related to the foregoing ; ( ii ) air, water and noise pollution ; ( iii ) groundwater and soilcontamination ; ( iv ) the release, threatened release, or accidental release into the environment, the workplace or other areas ofMaterials of Environmental Concern, including emissions, discharges, injections, spills, escapes or dumping of Materials ofEnvironmental Concern ; ( v ) transfer of interests in or control of real property which may be contaminated ; ( vi ) community orworker right - to - know disclosures with respect to Materials of Environmental Concern ; ( vii ) the protection of wild life, marinelife and wetlands, and endangered and threatened species ; ( viii ) storage tanks, vessels, containers, abandoned or discardedbarrels and other closed receptacles ; and ( ix ) health and safety of employees and other persons