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Howell Laboratories, Inc.
P. O. Box 389, 188 Harrison Rd., Bridgton Maine 04009 USA
(207) 647-3327 (888) 744-8359 FAX (207) 647-8273 contracts@howelllabs.com

- An Employee-Owned Company -
Certified to ISO 9001:2000

HLI News
New contract: 7600 ECOLCELL Chlorinators for DDG-113 and follow ships.
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New Products
Portable seawater chlorinator: Port-A-Chlor 8600.
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Upgraded medium-pressure air dehydrator, Model 8785, to replace our obsolete Model 7053.
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Customized potable water treatment systems for Iraqi 35m patrol boats ...
... or for your application!
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Around the World
January 2010:
HLI supporting relief efforts in Haiti
At HLI
September 2008: David Douglas joins HLI as Director of Sales, Marine Products.

Vendor Compliance with Hazardous Material Minimization Review Plan

I. Purpose.

To control product life cycle costs by identifying, in advance of production, any item containing a sufficient quantity of a hazardous material such that the item when disposed would be classified as a hazardous waste.

II. Definitions.

  1. Commercial Component. A component which is available off the shelf for general industrial use.
  2. Hazardous Materials. The elements and compounds listed in Table 1, with the following exceptions:
    • Trace amounts of listed material present solely as an impurity (e.g., lead in stainless steel or rubber) are not considered hazardous.
    • Except for brass or bronze with greater than one percent lead, metal alloys containing listed material are not considered hazardous.
  3. Readily Available Information. Information which is:
    • Required by federal, state, or local laws and regulations to be supplied by the vendor to their customers, or
    • Previously obtained by the vendor as a result of another customer’s request, or
    • Received by the vendor during normal conduct of business with their sub-tier supplier base or known by virtue of their routine interface with commercial industry. or
    • Routinely provided to the vendor by their sub-tier suppliers, or
    • Available as a result of tests performed by the vendor for other reasons.

III. Requirements.

Vendors who receive Howell Laboratories, Inc. purchase orders with reference to this Hazardous Material Minimization Review Plan shall provide a written response via letter or report, ONLY IF the material that the vendor is providing contains one or more of the hazardous materials identified in Table 1. Lack of response will be presumed to indicate that the product does not contain any of the hazardous materials defined in Table 1.

Table 1. Hazardous Materials
NOTE: 1. Approval is required for use of these materials.
Last updated: 10/07/09
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