definiens: shall mean any federal, state or local law, statute, rule, order, directive, judgment, permit or regulation or the common law relating to the environment, occupational health and safety, or exposure of persons or property to Materials of Environmental Concern, including any statute, regulation, administrative decision or order pertaining to : ( a ) 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 Environmental Concern or documentation related to the foregoing ; ( b ) air, water and noise pollution ; ( c ) groundwater and soil contamination ; ( d ) the release, threatened release, or accidental release into the environment, the workplace or other areas of Materials of Environmental Concern, including emissions, discharges, injections, spills, escapes or dumping of Materials of Environmental Concern ; ( e ) transfer of interests in or control of real property which may be contaminated ; ( f ) community or worker right - to - know disclosures with respect to Materials of Environmental Concern ; ( g ) the protection of wild life, marine life and wetlands, and endangered and threatened species ; ( h ) storage tanks, vessels, containers, abandoned or discarded barrels and other closed receptacles ; and ( i ) health and safety of employees and other persons