agreement on exchange of land and easements
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AGREEMENT ON THE EXCHANGE OF LAND AND EASEMENTS
This Agreement on the Exchange of Land and Easements is made
this day of November, 1993 by and among KIN-BUG/ INC., a New
Jersey corporation with its principal office in care of Transtech
Industries, Inc., 200 Centennial .Avenue, Piscataway, New Jersey
08855 (hereinafter "KB"), PILCREST REALTY, INC., a New Jersey
corporation with its principal office in care of Transtech
Industries, Inc., 200 Centennial Avenue, Piscataway, New Jersey
08855 (hereinafter "Filcrest"), SCA SERVICES, INC., a New Jersey
corporation with its principal office in care of Waste Management
of North America, Inc., 3003 Butterfield Road, Oak Brook,
Illinois 60521 (hereinafter "SCA") and THE TOWNSHIP OP EDISON, a
municipality with an address at 100 Municipal Boulevard, Edison,
New Jersey 08817 (hereinafter the "Township").
WHEREAS, KB and SCA require access to and easements over
certain lands owned by the Township in order to carry out the
remediation of the Kin-Buc Landfill at Meadow Road in Edison, New
Jersey required to be undertaken by them, Filcrest and others
under orders of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
(hereinafter the "EPA"); and
WHEREAS, the Township requires access to and easements over
certain lands owned by Filcrest in order to carry out the closure
of the Township's landfill which is adjacent to the Kin-Buc
Landfill; and
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WHEREAS, the Township is willing to grant to KB and SCA such
access and easements provided (a) KB take title to certain
Township property to be enclosed by a containment wall around the
Kin-Buc Landfill; (b) Filcrest convey title to certain property
to the Township and grant the Township certain access rights and
easements over other property; and (c) KB and SCA pave an
extension of Meadow Road over certain property owned by Filcrest
to the Township's landfill; and
WHEREAS, KB, Filcrest and SCA are willing to do so, on the
following terms and conditions;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Grant of access and easements by the Township. Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, at the closing of the
transactions contemplated herein (hereinafter the "Closing"), the
Township will:
(a) grant to KB and SCA all those rights of access and
use of Township property provided for in the Access
Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (hereinafter the
"Access Agreement") on all the terms and conditions for
such access and use which are set forth in the Access
Agreement;
(b) grant to KB that easement for an underground
pipeline on and over Township property provided for in
the Easement for Underground Pipeline attached hereto
as Exhibit B (hereinafter "the Pipeline Easement"); and
(c) grant to KB that easement for an underground water
line on and over Township property provided for in the
Easement for Underground Water Line attached hereto as
Exhibit C (hereinafter the "Water Line Easement").
2. Convevance of land enclosed by the slurry wall to KB.
Within a reasonable time after the construction of a slurry wall
around the Kin-Buc Landfill is completed and an "as-built" survey
of the perimeter of such wall is prepared, the Township will
convey to KB all those tracts or portions of tracts of Township
property which are either (a) contained within the outside
boundary of such slurry wall, or (b) contained within a perimeter
described as a distance of some feet from the outside boundary of
such slurry wall, such distance constituting a buffer zone around
the outside boundary of such slurry wall, as the EPA may require
under orders mandating the remediation of the Kin-Buc Landfill
(hereinafter for such land to be conveyed to KB, the "Enclosed
Land"). The approximate position of the slurry wall is set forth
on a not-to-scale tax map attached hereto as Exhibit D. The
actual location of the slurry wall may vary, as the EPA may
require under orders mandating the remediation of the Kin-Buc
Landfill.
The title to be conveyed shall be good and marketable title,
subject to all liens and encumbrances of record (except for
judgment liens and other liens forecloseable in satisfaction of a
debt or other monetary obligation other than the lien of property
taxes not yet due and payable). Title shall be conveyed by deed
containing a warranty only against the Township's own acts. To
the extent the Enclosed Land constitutes portions of tax lots,
then the Township will obtain, at its sole cost and expense, all
subdivision approvals which may be required for the conveyance of
such portions.
The description of the Enclosed Land to be used in the deed
shall be derived from the "as-built" surveys of the slurry wall
which KB's general contractor is obligated to provide under its
contract with KB. Under that contract, the "as-built" survey of
the slurry wall is not required to be monumented. The cost of
additional survey work or monumenting which the Township may
require will be borne by the Township.
Realty transfer fees imposed on the transfer of title to the
Enclosed Land to KB shall be paid by the Township.
From and after the transfer of title of the Enclosed Land to
KB hereunder, the rights of access and use of the Enclosed Land
which were granted to KB under the Access Agreement shall merge
into the fee; however, such rights to the Enclosed Land which
were granted to SCA and other permittees under the Access
Agreement shall survive and continue in full force and effect.
Similarly, the rights of access and use of the other Township
Land identified in the Access Agreement (including, but not
limited to the portions of the divided tax lots remaining to the
Township after the Enclosed Land is conveyed to KB hereunder)
which were granted to KB, SCA and the other permittees under the
Access Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
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The Enclosed Land shall be conveyed to KB as is, with all
faults and defects, latent or patent, and without warranty of any
kind, other than the warranty of title identified above.
3. Transfer of title to two lots owned bv Filcrest. At the
Closing, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Filcrest
shall convey to the Township all of Lots 26 and 31, Block 400 as
shown on the Tax Map of the Township of Edison, Middlesex County,
New Jersey (hereinafter the "Filcrest Waterfront Lots"), less and
except and reserving to itself, its successors and assigns, a
permanent easement on, over and under so much of Lot 26, Block
400, as may be necessary to afford it both access to and use of
the siphon to the Middlesex County Utilities Authority which is
situated on such lot, and the right to make improvements or
changes to the siphoning machinery and equipment both above and
below the ground which may be necessary or appropriate for its
use of the siphon.
The title to be conveyed shall be good and marketable title,
subject to all liens and encumbrances of record (except for
judgment liens and other liens forecloseable in satisfaction of a
debt or other monetary obligation other than the lien of property
taxes not yet due and payable). Title shall be conveyed by deed
containing a warranty only against Filcrest's own acts.
The legal description to be used in the deed to the Township
shall be the tax lot and block reference, and no survey of the
Realty transfer fees imposed on the transfer of title to the
Filcrest Waterfront Lots to the Township shall be paid by the
Township.
The Filcrest Waterfront Lots shall be conveyed to the
Township as is, with all faults and defects, latent or patent,
and without warranty of any kind, other than the warranty of
title identified above.
4. Extension of Meadow Road. From and after the Closing
and until the expiration of the period of construction of the
slurry wall and the other improvements to be constructed at
Operable Unit 1 of the Kin-Buc Landfill, KB and SCA will be
responsible for repairing and maintaining the extension of Meadow
Road to Lot 4, Block 400 to existing standards, coordinating the
timing of repairs with the construction schedule for such
Operable Unit 1.
Further, at the expiration of the period of construction of
the slurry wall and the other improvements to be constructed at
Operable Unit 1 of the Kin-Buc Landfill, KB and SCA will pave the
unpaved extension of Meadow Road over Lot 18, Block 366-B and
Lots 2-A, 4, 5, 7 and 9 to the entrance to the Township's
landfill. This pavement will consist of at least four (4) inches
of stone, a stabilized base to NJDOT I 1 specifications, two (2)
inches of binder to NJDOT I 4 specifications and a topcoat.
5. Easements and access rights over Filcrest property.
Upon the Township's written request, Filcrest will give the
Township whatever reasonable rights of access to and easements on
or under Lots 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9, Block 400, as shown on the Tax
Map of the Township of Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey
(hereinafter the "Filcrest Access Rights Lots"), which the
Township may require to implement an approved plan of closure of
the Township's landfill, such access rights to be granted on
substantially the same terms and conditions as the Access
Agreement and such easements to be granted on substantially the
same terms and conditions as the Water Line Easement.
Any surveying or planning work that is required to be done
in connection with the grant of such access rights or easements
shall be done by the Township at its sole cost and expense.
Documents granting such access rights or easements shall be
prepared by counsel to the Township, for Filcrest's review and
approval, at the Township's sole cost and expense.
6. The Closing. The Closing shall take place on the date
an ordinance of the Township Council authorizing the transactions
contemplated herein is effective. At the Closing, the following
shall take place:
(a) the Township shall execute and deliver to KB and
SCA the Access Agreement, the Pipeline Easement and the
Water Line Easement; and
(b) Filcrest shall execute and deliver to the Township
a deed of the Filcrest Waterfront Lots, together with
an affidavit of consideration in a form acceptable to
Filcrest and the Township.
The Closing shall take place at 10:00 a.m. at the offices of
the Township at 200 Municipal Boulevard, Edison, New Jersey.
7. Executory obligations survive the Closing. The
executory obligations of the parties hereto contained herein
shall survive the Closing and shall continue to bind and inure to
the benefit of the parties until all executory obligations
hereunder are performed. The executory obligations hereunder are
the following:
(a) the obligation on the part of the Township to
convey title to the Enclosed Land to KB, and the
obligation on the part of KB to take title to the
Enclosed Land, pursuant to Paragraph 2 hereof;
(b) the obligation on the part of KB and SCA to
maintain the extension of Meadow Road and to pave the
unpaved portion of such extension pursuant to Paragraph
4 hereof; and
(c) the obligation on the part of Filcrest to grant to
the Township access rights and easements to, on or
under the Filcrest Access Rights Lots pursuant to
Paragraph 5 hereof.
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A default by any party in the performance of its executory
obligations hereunder shall constitute a failure of
consideration, relieving the non-defaulting party of further
obligations hereunder and giving rise to a right to rescission as
to the non-executory transactions theretofore closed, the
consideration for each and every one of the transactions
contemplated herein being the performance of all of the
transactions according to the terms of this Agreement.
8. Condition precedent to obligations of KB. SCA and
Filcrest. The obligations of KB, SCA and Filcrest hereunder are
conditioned upon the passage of an Ordinance of the Township
Council authorizing the transactions contemplated herein by no
later than November 23, 1993 and the effectiveness of such
authorization by no later than November 25, 1993. TIME IS OF THE
ESSENCE of the obligations of KB, SCA and Filcrest hereunder.
9. Risk of loss. No damage to the Enclosed Land or the
Filcrest Waterfront Lots by fire or other casualty occurring
prior to the Closing shall excuse any party's performance under
this Agreement.
10. Proration of taxes. All real estate taxes and other
assessments against the Enclosed Land and the Filcrest Waterfront
Lots shall be prorated between KB and the Township and Filcrest
and the Township, respectively, on and as the date of the closing
of title to such land.
11. Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein, each
party will pay the expenses incurred by it under or in connection
with this Agreement, including counsel fees and expenses of its
representatives.
12. Notices. All notices required or permitted to be given
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
given when mailed, by certified mail, and addressed as follows:
If to the Township: Township of Edison100 Municipal BoulevardEdison, New Jersey 08817
with a copy to: Township AttorneyTownship of Edison100 Municipal BoulevardEdison, New Jersey 08817
If to KB or Filcrest: Kin-Buc, Inc. orFilcrest Realty, Inc.c/o Transtech Industries, Inc.200 Centennial AvenuePiscataway, New Jersey 08855-1321
If to SCA: SCA Services, Inc.Waste Management of North America, Inc.3003 Butterfield RoadOak Brook, Illinois 60521
13. Entire agreement. This Agreement contains the entire
agreement among the parties with respect to the transactions
contemplated herein and supersedes and replaces all
understandings and agreements, oral or in writing, formal or
informal, between the parties as to the subject matter hereof.
14. Assignment. None of the parties may assign this
Agreement or any rights hereunder to any person without the prior
written consent of all parties, which consent may be withheld for
any reason. No consent will be required if Filcrest wishes to
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transfer title to the Filcrest Waterfront Lots to its parent or
an affiliate, which would, in turn, assume all of Filcrest's
obligations hereunder with respect to the Filcrest Waterfront
Lots.
15. Modification. No change, alteration, amendment,
modification or waiver of any of the terms or provisions hereof
shall be valid or binding upon the parties hereto unless the same
shall be in writing and signed by all of the parties hereto.
16. Binding nature. This Agreement shall be binding upon
and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and permitted assigns.
17. Governing law. This Agreement and the transactions
contemplated herein shall be interpreted, governed and enforced
in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
KIN-BUG, INC.
By:.Robert V. Silva, President
ATTEST:
Andrew J. Mayer, Jr., Secretary
[Corporate Seal]
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FXLCREST REALTY, INC,
By:Robert V. Silva, President
ATTEST:
Andrew J. Mayer, Jr., Secretary
8CA SERVICES, INC,
By:.
Title:
ATTEST:
Secretary
[Corporate Seal]
THE TOWNSHIP OF EDISON
By:.
Title:
ATTEST:
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EXHIBIT A TO AGREEMENT ON THE EXCHANGE
ACCESS AGREEMENT
LAND AND EASEMENTS
/OSThis ACCESS AGREEMENT is made this day of , 1993 by and
among KIN-BOC, IMC., a New Jersey corporation with its principal
office in care of Transtech Industries, Inc., 200 Centennial
Avenue, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855-1321, SCA SERVICES, INC., a
New Jersey corporation with its principal office in care of Waste
Management of North America, Inc., 3003 Butterfield Road, Oak
Brook, Illinois 60521 and TEE TOWNSHIP OF EDISON, a municipality
with an address at 100 Municipal Boulevard, Edison, New Jersey
08817 (hereinafter the "Owner").
WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency
has issued certain orders to Kin-Buc, Inc., SCA Services, Inc. and
others under Section 106 of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended ("CERCLA"),
requiring Kin-Buc, Inc., SCA Services, Inc. and the others named
in those orders to undertake certain environmental remedial
response activities at the Kin-Buc Landfill Superfund Site in
Edison, New Jersey (hereinafter the "Site"); and
WHEREAS, the Site consists primarily of all or portions of
the land in Lot 3-A, Block 376 and Lots 3-B, 3-C, 4, 5, 6 and 7,
Block 400, as shown on the Tax Map of the Township of Edison,
Middlesex County, New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, to perform the remedial response activities required
under the orders of the United States Environmental Protection
Agency, access to land adjacent to the Site is necessary; and
WHEREAS, the Owner owns land adjacent to the Site and is
willing to provide access over the same for the purposes and on
the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;
Prtp*r*d by:
McrUym C. Frtund, Esq.An attorney »t l«u fnthe Stit* of Hw J«r»«y
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. GRANT OF ACCESS RIGHTS.
The Owner HEREBY GRANTS to KIN-BUC, INC. and SCA SERVICES,
INC., their respective successors and assigns and their officers,
employees, agents, contractors and subcontractors, severally
(hereinafter the "Private Permittees") and to the UNITED STATES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY and the NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ENERGY and their respective employees,
agents, contractors and subcontractors, severally (hereinafter the
"Governmental Permittees") (hereinafter, for the Private Permittees
and the Governmental Permitteesf collectively,
a RIGHT OF ACCESS to and over all those tracts and parcels of land
described as follows:
Block
366-B400M
nnnnnnnn
tat182 -A3-B810121619333435
Approximateacreage in lot
2.004.209.803.302.80
4.003.152.50
Block Lot
400 36" 38" 40
41424850535758
Approximateacreage in lot
1.004.002.80
)} 6.68
2.50
)) 4.50
all of the foregoing lots and blocks being as shown on the Tax
Map of the Township of Edison, and all such land being in the
Township of Edison, County of Middlesex and State of New Jersey
(hereinafter, for all the land identified above, the "Property"),
FOR ALL PURPOSES related to the performance of remedial response
activities at or surrounding the Site which are required to be
performed under an Amended Administrative Order of the United
States Environmental Protection Agency dated September 21, 1990,
Index No. II-CERCLA-00114, recorded in the Office of the
Middlesex County Clerk in Deed Book 3882, page 169 et sea.. an
Administrative Order of the United States Environmental
Protection Agency dated November 19, 1992, Index No. II-CERCLA-
93-0101, recorded in the Office of the Middlesex County Clerk in
Deed Book 4025, page 0678 gt seq.. and all other orders of the
United States Environmental Protection Agency or the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection and Energy in the matterof the Site which amend, supplement or supersede such orders
(hereinafter, for such orders, the "Orders"), UNTIL all such
remedial response activities required under the Orders shall have
been completed to the satisfaction of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency and the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection and Energy.Such right of access shall include, but shall not be limited
to the right to enter uponAthje. Property, on foot or with such
vehicles, machinery and equipment which the Permittees reasonably
deem necessary or appropriate for the performance of remedial
response activities under the Orders, as frequently and at all
such times as the Permittees reasonably deem necessary or
appropriate for the performance of such activities. It shall
also include, but shall not be limited to the right to move
freely about/she Property and to park such vehicles and store
such machinery and equipment on the Property for such periods as
the Permittees reasonably deem necessary or appropriate for the
performance of such activities.
2. GRANT O7 RIGHTS OP USE OF THE PROPERTY.
The Owner HEREBY GRANTS to the Permittees the RIGHT TO USE
the Property to conduct tests on, and to gather information about
the Property, to collect soil samples on the Property and to
install groundwater monitoring wells on the Property during the
term of this Access Agreement, all as Permittees reasonably deem
necessary or appropriate for the performance of remedial response
activities under the Orders, .as frequently and at all such times
as the Permittees reasonably deem necessary or appropriate for
the performance of such activities, provided that if the Private
Permittees use the Property hereunder, they shall restore the
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Property as close as reasonably possible to the same condition in
which it was at the time of the commencement of their use, it
being understood, however, that the United States Environmental
Protection Agency and the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection and Energy may require monitoring wells to remain in
place for a period of years after the completion of remedial
response activities required under the Orders, in which case, the
right to use the Property for the purposes granted hereunder
shall continue during such period, and the continued existence of
such wells shall not constitute a violation of this obligation to
restore.
A3. IKFORXATIOH ABOUT THE PROPERTY.
The Owner shall provide the Private Permittees with all the
information it may have concerning underground utilities,
underground storage tanks or other underground obstructions on
\-M\£\& the Property, including maps or drawings locating the same,
MrOt — within thirty (30) days of the execution of this Access
Agreement.
A4. VOTICE TO USERS OF THE PROPERTY.
The Owner shall give all tenants, licensees or other users
of the Property notice of the existence of this Access Agreement
and the rights of access and use granted to Permittees hereunder.
The Owner shall neither make, nor permit others to make use of
the Property in such a manner as may interfere with or hinder the
Permittees' access or use of the Property hereunder.
yl5. NOTICE TO PERMITTEES OF ACTIVITY OH THE PROPERTY.
The Owner shall give the Permittees at least thirty (30)
days advance notice of any activity to be undertaken on the
Property by the Owner or any tenant, licensee or other user
thereof which may interrupt or hinder, in any way, the
Permittees' access to or use of the Property hereunder or affect
the location of Permittees' vehicles, machinery and equipment on
the Property or the location or integrity of any groundwater
monitoring wells on the Property.
/6. NOTICE OF DAMAGE.
The Owner agrees to notify the Permittees of the existence
of any damage to any groundwater monitoring wells on the Property
or to any of the Permittees'vehicles, machinery or equipment on
the Property if, and as soon as practicable after, the Owner
becomes aware of any such damage.
AT. NOTICE OF ACTIVITIES ON THE LAND.
The Private Permittees will use their best efforts to notify
the Owner of any activity on the Property which would interfere,
delay, prohibit or cause revisions to the current application for
closure of the Owner's Landfill now pending before the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection and Energy. To keep the
Owner advised of activities on the Property, the Private
Permittees will hold a meeting with the Owner's representative
once a month during the period of construction activities on the
Property, on the same day of each month as established by
agreement of the parties. The Owner acknowledges that the
Private Permittees have no knowledge of the terms of the Owner's
application for closure, and, therefore, no understanding of how
the Private Permittees' activities on the Property might affect
such application. Therefore, at such monthly meeting Tithe
Private Permittees shall describe, in reasonable detail, the
construction activities in the upcoming month, and it shall be
the Owner's obligation to inform the Private Permittees of the
effect on its application for closure that such activities might
have. The holding of such monthly meeting shall not relieve the
Owner or the Private Permittees of a duty _to_npjbif y tb* °"
a timely basis of developments which may ocsur__durj.ng_ intervals —
etween scheduled meetings.
J». GRANT OF RIGHTS OF ACCESS AND USE TO RUN WITH THE LAND.
The Owner agrees that, in the event of any conveyance by
Owner, its successors and assigns, of an interest in or to the
Property or any portion thereof, the Owner will convey such
interest so as to insure Permittees' continued rights of access
to and use of the Property or any such portion hereunder, and
that any such conveyance shall restrict the use of the Propertyor any such portion so that such use will not interfere with or
hinder, in any way, the Permittees' continued access to and use
of the Property or any such portion hereunder. The Owner shall
notify the parties involved in any such conveyance of theexistence and the terms and conditions of this Access Agreement,and shall give the Permittees notice of a proposed conveyance atleast thirty (30) days prior to the closing thereof.
This Access Agreement shall be recorded in the deed recordsof the Middlesex County Clerk, and the obligations created
hereunder shall be binding upon the Owner and its successors in
interest to the Property, whether or not such successors ininterest had actual notice of the existence of this AccessAgreement or the Owner failed to give the notices required underthis Paragraph.
A*. HOLD HARMLESS.
The Private Permittees and their respective successors and
assigns shall defend and hold the Owner and its successors and
assigns harmless from and against any and all claims, liability,loss, damages, cost and expense, including reasonable attorneys'fees (hereinafter "Claims") brought against, suffered or incurredby the Owner, its successor and assigns, on account of bodilyinjury, or death, or damage to property resulting from or arisingout of the Private Permittees' activities upon or use of the
Property pursuant to this Access Agreement, except to the extent
such Claims arise from the negligence or intentional misconductof the Owner, its successor or assigns or its or their employeesor agents.
Nothing herein shall be construed to extend to the Owner anindemnification against any loss in value of the Property itself,including, but not limited to any loss in value occasioned by theperformance of the remedial response activities on or from theProperty pursuant to the rights of access and use hereby granted,
or to nodify, reduce or alter, in any way, any of the
liabilities, obligations, duties and rights of the Private
Permittees or the Owner with respect to claims that now exist or\
may exist in the future under any and all federal and state
environmental statutes or laws, including but not limited to
CERCIA. ——————
//10. NO LIMITATION OF STATUTORY OR REGULATORY AUTHORITY.
Nothing herein is intended or shall be construed to limit
whatever authority the Permittees may have under federal, state
or local environmental or other laws or regulations to obtain
rights of access and use of the Property in connection with the
performance of remedial response activities at the Site.
NOTICES.
All notices required or permitted to be given hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when
mailed, by certified mail, and addressed as follows:
If to the Owner:
with a copy to:
If to the PrivatePermittees:
and
Township of Edison100 Municipal BoulevardEdison, New Jersey 08817
'Township AttorneyTownship of Edison100 Municipal BoulevardEdison, New Jersey 08817
Kin-Buc, Inc.c/o Transtech Industries, Inc.200 Centennial AvenuePiscataway, New Jersey 08855-1321
SCA Services, Inc.c/o Baste Management of North America,
Inc.3003 Butterfield RoadOak Brook, Illinois 60521
A 12. ENTIRE AGREEMENT.
This Access Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties concerning the subject matter hereof, and may
not be amended, supplemented or terminated except by a writing
signed by both parties. At the expiration of all of the
Permittees rights hereunder, and upon the Owner's request, the
Permittees shall sign and record an instrument evidencing such
expiration.
GOVERNING LAW.
This Access Agreement shall be governed by and construed
under the laws of the State of New Jersey.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this
Access Agreement on and as of the date first written above.
TOWNSHIP OF EDISON
By:_______________________________
Title:______________________
ATTEST:
[Seal]
KIN-BUC, INC.
By:.Robert V. Silva, President
ATTEST:
Andrew J. Mayer, Jr., Secretary
[Corporate Seal]
SCA SERVICES, INC.
By:__
Title:
ATTEST:
Secretary
[Corporate Seal]
STATE 07 NEW JERSEY )COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX )
I CERTIFY that on the date set forth below, personally canebefore me ___________________, and this person acknowledgedunder oath, to my satisfaction, that this person is the ______________________ of THE TOWNSHIP OF EDISON, the municipalitynamed as the Owner herein; this person is the attesting witnessto the signing of this instrument by the proper representative,who is ________________________, the ________________of such municipality; this instrument was signed and delivered bythis municipality as its voluntary act duly authorized by allproper municipal action; this person knows the proper seal of themunicipality which was affixed hereto; and this person signedthis proof to attest to the truth of these facts.
[Signature of attesting witness]
Signed and sworn to before m*on , 1993.
[Notarial Seal]
STATE OF NEW JERSEY )COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX )
I CERTIFY that on the date set forth below, personally camebefore me ANDREW J. MAYER, JR., and this person acknowledgedunder oath, to my satisfaction, that this person is the Secretaryof KIN-BUC, INC., the corporation named herein; this person isthe attesting witness to the signing of this instrument by theproper corporate officer, who is ROBERT V. SILVA, the PRESIDENTof the corporation; this instrument was signed and delivered bythe corporation as its voluntary act duly authorized by a properresolution by its board of directors; this person knows theproper seal of the corporation which was affixed hereto; and thisperson signed this proof to attest to the truth of these facts.
[Signature of attesting witness]
Signed and sworn to before meon , 1993.
[Notarial Seal]
STATE 07COUNTY OF
X CBRTirv that on the date set forth below, personally canebefore me ___________________, and this person acknowledgedunder oath, to my satisfaction, that this person is the Secretaryof SCA SERVICES, INC., the corporation named herein; this personis the attesting witness to the signing of this instrument by theproper corporate officer, who is _______________________,the _______________ of the corporation; this instrument wassigned and delivered by the corporation as its voluntary act dulyauthorized by a proper resolution by its board of directors; thisperson knows the proper seal of the corporation which was affixedhereto; and this person signed this proof to attest to the truthof these facts.
[Signature of attesting witness]
Signed and sworn to before ••on , 1993.
[Notarial Seal]
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EXHIBIT B TO AGREEMENT ON THE EXCHANGE OF IAND AND EASEMENTS
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BASEMENT FOR UNDERGROUND PIPELINE
THIS EASEMENT is granted this day of , 1993 by
THE TOWNSHIP OF EDISON, a municipality with an address at 100
Municipal Boulevard, Edison, New Jersey 08817 (hereinafter the
"Owner") to KIN-BUC, INC., a New Jersey corporation with its
principal office in care of Transtech Industries, Inc., 200
Centennial Avenue, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855-1321. /\
WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency
has issued certain orders to Kin-Buc, Inc., SCA Services, Inc.
and others under Section 106 of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended ("CERCLA"),
requiring Kin-Buc, Inc., SCA Services, Inc. and the others named
in those orders to undertake certain environmental remedial
response activities, including the construction of a groundwater
treatment plant and pipelines connecting the plant to a
designated point of discharge, at the Kin-Buc Landfill Superfund
Site in Edison, New Jersey (hereinafter the "Site"); and
WHEREAS, the Site consists primarily of all or portions of
the land in Lot 3-A, Block 376 and Lots 3-B, 3-C, 4, 5, 6 and 7,
Block 400, as shown on the Tax Map of the Township of Edison,
Middlesex County, New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, in the performance of the remedial response
activities required under the orders of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, an underground pipeline from the
treatment plant on the Site to the point of discharge of the
treated groundwater, will have to be constructed on portions of
the owner's lands adjacent to the Site;
Prepared by:
NtrUym C. Freund, Etq.An attorney at law in the State of Mew Jersey
WHEREAS, the Owner is willing to permit this pipeline to be
constructed on its property on the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth;
MOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree
as follows:
1. ORAMT OF PERMANENT EASEMENT.
The Owner HEREBY GRANTS tc/KIN-BUC. INC.. its successors and
assigns (hereinafter the "Grantee"), AN EASEMENT, in perpetuity,
in, on and under all those tracts and parcels of land in Block
400, Lots 10, 12, 16 and 19 in the Township of Edison, Middlesex
County, New Jersey, as shown on the Tax Map of such municipality
(hereinafter the "Property"), TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE,
on and under the Property A PIPELINE for the transmission of
treated groundwater from a treatment plant to be located on
adjacent or neighboring property to the point of discharge of
such groundwater, TOGETHER with all necessary or appropriate
appurtenances thereto, including, but not limited to meters and
pumping stations, whether above or below the ground, such
pipeline to be of whatever size, configuration or design as may
be required, or as the Grantee reasonably deems necessary or
appropriate to be constructed in connection with or related to
the performance of all the remedial response activities required
to be performed under an Amended Administrative Order of the
United States Environmental Protection Agency dated September 21,
1990, Index No. II-CERCLA-00114, recorded in the Office of the
Middlesex County Clerk in Deed Book 3882, page 169 et seq.. an
Administrative Order of the United States Environmental
Protection Agency dated November 19, 1992, Index No. II-CERCLA-
93-0101, recorded in the Office of the Middlesex County Clerk in
Deed Book 4025, page 0678 et seq.. and all other orders of the
United States Environmental Protection Agency or the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection and Energy in the matter
of the Site which amend, supplement or supersede such orders
(hereinafter, for such orders, the "Orders").
2. FURTHER IDENTIFICATION OF PROPERTY AFFECTED.
The exact location and dimensions of the easement hereby
granted shall be determined by the Grantee according to the
requirements of the Orders and the specifications of the
treatment plant. When the location and dimensions are
determined, the Grantee shall execute and record an instrument
amending this Easement which specifically identifies the
centerline of the underground pipeline and number of feet from
such centerline as to which this easement shall apply. In
identifying the pipeline and the easement, this instrument may
refer to recorded plats or maps, rather contain a metes and
bounds description of the easement. Until such location and
dimensions are so identified, the Grantee shall have the right to
locate, construct, operate and maintain such pipeline and
appurtenances on or under any portion of the Property. After
such location and dimensions are identified, however, the Grantee
shall have an easement on and over only those identified portions
of the Property. _______
3. PROXIMITY OF IMPROVEMENTS TO OWNER'S LANDFILL.
The Grantee recognizes that the pipeline and its
appurtenances to be constructed on and over the Property will bein close proximity to the Owner's landfill, and that the Owner's
activities at its landfill, including the work of closing the
landfill, must not be impeded by the construction or the locati< npf such pipeline and this easement. The Grantee shall cooperati
with the Owner so as to assure that its activities on the|ieasement hereby granted do not interfere with the Owner'sactivities on its landfill.
s\ 4. RIGHTS APPURTENANT TO SUCH EASEMENT.
The Owner also grants to the Grantee such rights to use the
Property, during the construction of the pipeline and
appurtenances, and from time to time during any necessary repairs
or maintenance work on such pipeline or appurtenances, to store
machinery and equipment, materials, fill, rock or other
substances to be used in such construction, repairs or
maintenance,jto enter and bring onto the Property, as frequently
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as the Grantee reasonably deems necessary, such vehicles and
heavy equipment, including trucks and backhoes, as may be
required to perform all such construction, repairs ormaintenance, and to perform inspections and eonduefe any Qthai-——
activities which the Grantee is required to perform under the
Orders. When the exact location and dimensions of the easement
hereby granted are determined, the Grantee will use its best
efforts to confine the area upon which it will perform such
construction, repairs and maintenance and store such machinery,
equipment, materials, fill rock and other substances to be used
therein, to the area described in such easement or within 100
feet of the centerline thereof, using additional adjacent
property only when necessary.
—— 5. HOLD HARMLESS AND OBLIGATION TO RESTORE.
This Easement is being granted to the Grantee simultaneously
with the execution by the Owner and the Grantee and SCA Services,
Inc. (the latter being therein referred to as the "Private
Permittees") of an Access Agreement of even date herewith. In
that Access Agreement, the Private Permittees have agreed to
defend and indemnify the Owner against certain claims arising
from the Private Permittees' activities on the property
identified in that Agreement, which includes, but is not limited
to the Property. In addition, in that Agreement, the Private
Permittees have agreed to restore such property, including the
Property as provided therein.
" 6. NOTICE TO USERS OF TEE PROPERTY.
The Owner shall give all tenants, licensees or other users
of the Property notice of the existence of this Easement and the
rights granted to the Grantee hereunder. The Owner shall neither
make, nor permit others to make use of the Property in such a
manner as may interfere with or disturb the construction,
operation or maintenance of the pipeline and its appurtenances on
or under the Property.
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7. HO LIMITATION OF STATUTORY OR REGULATORY AUTHORITY.
Nothing herein is intended or shall be construed to limit
whatever authority the Grantee may have under federal, state or
local environmental or other lavs or regulations to obtain rights
of access and use of the Property in connection with the
performance of remedial response activities at the Site.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this
Access Agreement on and as of the date first written above.
TOWNSHIP OF EDISON
By:_Title:
ATTEST:
[Seal]
STATE OF NEW JERSEY )COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX )
X CERTIFY that on the date set forth below, personally camebefore me ___________________, and this person acknowledgedunder oath, to my satisfaction, that this person is the
of THE TOWNSHIP OF EDISON, the municipalitynamed as the Owner herein; this person is the attesting witnessto the signing of this instrument by the proper representative,who is ________________________, the ________________of such municipality; this instrument was signed and delivered bythis municipality as its voluntary act duly authorized by allproper municipal action; this person knows the proper seal of themunicipality which was affixed hereto; and this person signedthis proof to attest to the truth of these facts.
[Signature of attesting witness]
Signed and sworn to before ••OB , 1993.
[Notarial Seal]
EXHIBIT C TO AGREEMENT ON THE EXCHANGE OF LAND AND EASEMEKTS
BASEMENT FOR UNDERGROUND WATER LINE
THIS EASEMENT is granted this day of , 1993 by
THE TOWNSHIP OF EDISON, a municipality with an address at 100
Municipal Boulevard, Edison, New Jersey 08817 (hereinafter the
"Owner") to KIN-BUG, INC., a New Jersey corporation with its
principal office in care of Transtech Industries, Inc., 200
Centennial Avenue, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855-1321. /\
WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency
has issued certain orders to Kin-Buc, Inc., SCA Services, Inc.
and others under Section 106 of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended ("CERCLA"),
requiring Kin-Buc, Inc., SCA Services, Inc. and the others named
in those orders to undertake certain environmental remedial
response activities at the Kin-Buc Landfill Superfund site in
Edison, New Jersey (hereinafter the "Site"); and
WHEREAS, the Site consists primarily of all or portions of
the land in Lot 3-A, Block 376 and Lots 3-B, 3-C, 4, 5, 6 and 7,
Block 400, as shown on the Tax Map of the Township of Edison,
Middlesex County, New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, one of the remedial response activities which the
United States Environmental Protection Agency has ordered to be
undertaken at the Site includes the construction of a leachate
treatment plant on Lot 9, Block 400, as shown on the Tax Map of
the Township of Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, to operate the leachate treatment plant in the
performance of the remedial response activities required under
the orders of the United States Environmental Protection Agency,
an underground water line must be constructed from a source of
water to the leachate treatment plant; and
Prepared by:
Nartlyim C. fremd. Esq.An attorney at IM In the State of New Jertey
WHEREAS, a portion of this underground water line will have
to be constructed on the Owner's lands, and the Owner is willing
to permit this line to be constructed on its property on the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;
MOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree
as follows:
1. GRANT OF PERMANENT EASEMENT.
The Owner HEREBY GRANTS to^KIN-BUG, INC., its successors and^AKIN-BUG, INC., rassigns (hereinafter the "Grantee"), AN EASEMENT, in perpetuity,
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in, on and under all of the tracts and parcels of land known as
Block 366-B, Lot 18 and Block 400, Lot 2-A, in the Township of
Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey, as shown on the Tax Map of
such municipality (hereinafter, for both of the above identified
lots, the "Property"), TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE, on and
under the Property A HATER LINE for the transmission of water to
a leachate treatment plant to be located on Block 400, Lot 9 in
the Township of Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey, as shown on
the Tax Map of such municipality, TOGETHER WITH all necessary or
appropriate appurtenances thereto, including, but not limited to
meters and pumping stations, whether above or below the ground,
such water line to be of whatever size, configuration or design
as may be required, or as the Grantee reasonably deems necessary
or appropriate to be constructed in connection with or related to
the performance of all the remedial response activities required
to be performed under an Amended Administrative Order of the
United States Environmental Protection Agency dated September 21,
1990, Index No. II-CERCLA-00114, recorded in the Office of the
Middlesex County Clerk in Deed Book 3882, page 169 et sea.. an
Administrative Order of the United States Environmental
Protection Agency dated November 19, 1992, Index No. II-CERCLA-
93-0101, recorded in the Office of the Middlesex County Clerk in
Deed Book 4025, page 0678 et sea.. and all other orders of the
United States Environmental Protection Agency or the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection and Energy in the matter
of the Site which amend, supplement or supersede such orders
(hereinafter, for such orders, the "Orders").
2. FURTHER IDENTIFICATION OF PROPERTY AFFECTED.
The exact location and dimensions of the easement hereby
granted shall be determined by the Grantee according to the
requirements of the Orders and the specifications of the leachate
treatment plant and the water line. When the location and
dimensions are determined, the Grantee shall execute and record
an instrument amending this Easement which specifically
identifies the centerline of the underground water line and the
number of feet from such centerline as to which this easement
shall apply. In identifying the water line and the easement,
this instrument may refer to recorded plats or maps, rather than
contain a metes and bounds description of the easement. Until
such location and dimensions are so identified, the Grantee shall
have the right to locate, construct, operate and maintain such
water line and appurtenances on or under any portion of the
Property. After such location and dimensions are identified,
however, the Grantee shall have an easement on and over only
those identified portions of the Property.
3. RIGHTS APPURTENANT TO SUCH EASEMENT.
The Owner also grants to the Grantee such rights to use the
Property, during the construction of the water line and
appurtenances, and thereafter from time to time during any
necessary repairs or maintenance work on such water line or
appurtenances, to store machinery and equipment, materials, fill,
rock or other substances to be used in such construction, repairs
or maintenance,Ato enter and bring onto the Property, as
frequently as the Grantee reasonably deems necessary, such
vehicles and heavy equipment, including trucks and backhoes, as
may be required to perform all such construction, repairs or
maintenance, and to perform inspections and conduct any other
activities which the Grantee is required to perform under the
Orders. When the exact location and dimensions of the easement
hereby granted are determined, the Grantee will use its best
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efforts to confine the area upon which it will perform such
construction, repairs and maintenance and store such machinery,
equipment, materials, fill rock and other substances to be used
therein, to the area described in such easement or within 100
feet of the centerline thereof, using additional adjacent
property only when necessary.
4. ACCESS TO BOAT RAMP SHALL MOT BE CUT OFF.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Easement to the
contrary, at no time in the use or enjoyment of the rights herein
granted may access to the boat ramp at the Owner's boat basin be
denied or impeded, except that, to the extent deemed reasonably
necessary by the Grantee, the Grantee may block a portion of such
access, up to one-half of the area of such access, from time to
time, temporarily, during construction activities, as frequently
i and for so long as the Grantee deems reasonably necessary.V—==^-.--— ——-
/ 5. HOLD HARMLESS AMD OBLIGATION TO RESTORE.i/ This Easement is being granted to the Grantee simultaneously
/'' with the execution by the Owner and the Grantee and SCA Services,
i Inc. (the latter being therein referred to as the "Private
Permittees") of an Access Agreement of even date herewith. In
that Access Agreement, the Private Permittees have agreed to
defend and indemnify the Owner against certain claims arising
from the Private Permittees' activities on the property
identified in that Agreement, which includes, but is not limited
to the Property. In addition, in that Agreement, the Private
Permittees have agreed to restore such property, including the
, Property as provided therein. _____ -
6. NOTICE TO USERS OF THE PROPERTY.
The Owner shall give all tenants, licensees or other users
of the Property notice of the existence of this Easement and the
rights granted to Grantee hereunder. The Owner shall neither
make, nor permit others to make use of the Property in such a
manner as may interfere with or disturb the construction,
operation or maintenance of the water line and its appurtenances
on or under the Property.
7. MO LIMITATION OF STATUTORY OR REGULATORY AUTHORITY.
Nothing herein is intended or shall be construed to limit
whatever authority the Grantee may have under federal, state or
local environmental or other laws or regulations to obtain rights
of access and use of the Property in connection with the
performance of remedial response activities at the Site.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this
Easement on and as of the date first written above.
TOWNSHIP 07 EDISON
By:__
Title:
ATTEST:
[Seal]
STATE OF NEW JERSEY )COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX )
I CERTIFY that on the date set forth below, personally camebefore me ___________________, and this person acknowledgedunder oath, to my satisfaction, that this person is the_______________ of THE TOWNSHIP OF EDISON, the municipalitynamed as the Owner herein; this person is the attesting witnessto the signing of this instrument by the proper representative,whois ________________________, the ________________ ofsuch municipality; this instrument was signed and delivered bythis municipality as its voluntary act duly authorized by allproper municipal action; this person knows the proper seal of themunicipality which was affixed hereto; and this person signedthis proof to attest to the truth of these facts.
[Signature of attesting witness]
Signed and sworn to before meon , 1993.