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SEC Comment Letter for ECOLAB INC. (ECL) (CIK 0000031462) (ECL) — Jun 9, 2015

ECOLAB INC. (ECL) (CIK 0000031462)
Date: June 9, 2015 · CIK: 0000031462 · Accession: 0000000000-15-030655

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Date
March 31, 2015
Author
/s/ Terence O ’Brien
Form
UPLOAD
Company
ECOLAB INC. (ECL) (CIK 0000031462)

Letter

June 9 , 2015 Via Email Mr. Daniel J. Schmechel Chief Financial Officer Ecolab Inc. 370 Wabasha Street North St Paul, Minnesota 55102

Re: Ecolab Inc. Form 10 -K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31 , 2014 Filed February 27 , 2015 and Documents Incorporated by Reference Form 10 -Q for Fiscal Quarter Ended March 31, 2015 Filed May 7, 2015 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 b y 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 include the information the Securiti es Exchange Act of 1934 and all applicable rules require.

Sincerely,
/s/ Terence O ’Brien

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June 9 , 2015

Via Email
Mr. Daniel J. Schmechel
Chief Financial Officer
Ecolab  Inc.
370 Wabasha Street North
St Paul, Minnesota 55102

Re: Ecolab  Inc.
Form 10 -K for Fiscal Year  Ended December 31 , 2014
Filed February 27 , 2015
and Documents Incorporated by Reference
Form 10 -Q for Fiscal Quarter Ended March 31, 2015
Filed May 7, 2015
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 b y 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 include the
information the Securiti es Exchange Act of 1934 and all applicable rules require.

Sincerely,

 /s/ Terence O ’Brien

Terence O’ Brien
Accounting Branch Chief