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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Consolidated Statement of Income and the Consolidated Balance Sheet and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
<CIK> 
<NAME> EAGLE-PICHER INDUSTRIES, INC.
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