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Partnership Agreement

PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
CUSTOM COMPOUNDERS INC.
AND
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
DESIGN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM

1 Statement of Purpose

The purpose of this Partnership Agreement (“Agreement”) is to set forth the basis, terms, and goals of the Design for the Environment (“DfE”) voluntary partnership between Custom Compounders Inc. (“Custom Compounders”) of Arnold, MO and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”). The partnership is part of the DfE safer chemical use initiative for commercial formulators. The basic goal of the initiative is to seek and promote innovative chemical products, technologies, and practices that benefit human health and the environment. A key purpose of the partnership program is to recognize and encourage the formulation of products with environmentally preferable chemistry. For the purpose of this Agreement, these products include the following Custom Compounders product: CCI “L-44 ECD” Degreaser (the “Qualifying Product”). The partnership will strive to promote and advance the environmental, technological, and efficiency benefits of this and future Qualifying Products. This Agreement describes in general terms how Custom Compounders formulates the Qualifying Product, its environmental and human health benefits, and how Custom Compounders and EPA/DfE will work together to continually improve the health and environmental profile of the Qualifying Product and educate the consumer on these improvements and the DfE Program.

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What People Say

  • “Our company enjoys a very special supplier relationship with the Henry A. Petter Supply Company of Paducah Ky. To have our L-44® products associated with this historic and respected 105 year service provider to the river and marine industry is a an enormous privilege and advantage for our company. We are humbled for our association with Petter’s known reputation in the industry”

    Henry A. Petter Supply

  • “Thanks again for the opportunity to test your L-44® degreaser in our harbor fleeting operations. I now see why you had enough confidence in your product to offer a free sample for testing. Boy, were we pleased with the results! It’s nice to see a degreaser that not only cleans well, but also one that is safe for our employees and our equipment. Thanks again for opportunity to test your degreaser.” You now have a new happy customer!

    Terry F. Ferebee
    VP Vessel Operations, Helena Marine Service, Inc.

  • “I wanted to take a minute to thank you and Custom Compounders for putting out the L44ECD degreaser. Our crews use your degreaser on a daily basis and feel that it preforms very well. As the manager of our facility I appreciate the fact that your degreaser is user friendly, environmentally friendly, and meets or exceeds our government standards. I regularly pass the information on L44 along to others that we work with in the industry including fuel and oil suppliers.”

    Karl Berthelot
    Manager BMI Ste. Gen.

  • “I have worked for Luhr Bros. Inc. for 26 yrs on the boats and in their office. I came in the office in 1996 as a Safety Manager. We have been using the “L-44 ECD” Degreaser for about 4 yrs. From my perspective as a Safety Professional, the L-44 “ECD” Degreaser we are using is better than any other degreasers we have used by far. With “L-44 ECD” Degreaser we have an environmentally safe product, and no crew members having to attend medical facilities due to being burned by direct skin contact. Also it does a great job cleaning our engines and not fading the paint job. I encourage all the river companies to give it a try.”

    Bill Klingel
    Luhr Bros Inc. Marine Division

  • “We enjoy an honored privilege for the opportunity extended our company by Joe Brantley of AEP River Operations to have L-44® ECD Degreaser evaluated as part of their corporate “Go Green” mission aboard the mv. Donna Rushing. We are uniquely indebted to AEP, and for the detailed efforts of Rob Korte and Jim Wilson for their testing reviews of L-44® ECD on multiple tugboats of the AEP fleet."

    Project Go Green

  • “I have been using degreasers for many years and have never had the quality of degreaser that I am now using with the L-44 ECD. It reduces the amount of time I have to spend in the engine room cleaning which allows me more time to concentrate on my other duties. The younger generation of engineers are going to be spoiled by using a higher quality of degreaser than we had to use in the past. They will spend less time cleaning and no burning or skin irritation when it comes in contact with your skin.”

    Rick Myers, Chief Engineer, M/V Twyla Luhr