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SEC Comment Letter for ECOLAB INC. (ECL) (CIK 0000031462) (ECL) — May 20, 2014

ECOLAB INC. (ECL) (CIK 0000031462)
Date: May 20, 2014 · CIK: 0000031462 · Accession: 0000000000-14-025745

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Date
May 20, 2014
Author
/s/ Terence O ’Brien
Form
UPLOAD
Company
ECOLAB INC. (ECL) (CIK 0000031462)

Letter

May 20, 2014 Via E -mail Mr. Daniel J. Schmechel Chief Financial Officer Ecolab Inc. 370 Wabasha Street North St. Paul, MN 55102

Re: Ecolab Inc. Form 10 -K Filed February 28, 2014 File No. 1 -9328

Dear Mr. Schmechel:

We have completed our review of your filing. We remind you that our comments or changes to disclosure in response to our comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the company or the filing and the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the filing includes the information the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and all applicable rules require.

Sincerely,
/s/ Terence O ’Brien

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May 20, 2014

Via E -mail
Mr. Daniel J. Schmechel
Chief Financial Officer
Ecolab Inc.
370 Wabasha Street North
St. Paul, MN 55102

Re: Ecolab Inc.
  Form 10 -K
Filed February 28, 2014
File No. 1 -9328

Dear Mr. Schmechel:

We have completed our review of your filing.  We remind you that our comments or
changes to disclosure in response to our comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking
any action with respect to the company or the filing and the company may not assert staff
comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the
federal securities laws of the United States.  We urge all persons who are responsible for the
accuracy and adequacy  of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the filing includes the
information the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and all applicable rules require.

Sincerely,

 /s/ Terence O ’Brien

Terence O’Brien
Branch Chief