definiens: means, whenever in effect, all foreign, federal, state and local laws, statutes, regulations, ordinances, rules of common law and similar provisionshaving the force or effect of law relating to human or worker health and safety, pollution or protection of the environment, including 5those relating to fines, orders, injunctions, penalties, damages, contribution, cost recovery compensation, losses, or injuries resulting from the release or threatened release ofHazardous Substances and the generation, use, storage, transportation, or disposal of or exposure to Hazardous Substances in any manner applicable to the Business, Company, the Subsidiaries or their respective assets, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. § § 9601 etseq . ), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act ( 49 U.S.C. § § 1801 et seq . ), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 ( 42 U.S.C. § § 6901 et seq . ), the FederalWater Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. § § 1251 et seq . ), the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. § § 7401 et seq . ), the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 ( 15 U.S.C. § § 2601 et seq.)and the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. § § 300f-§§ 300j-11 et seq . )