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EXHIBIT 10.2

SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

     SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of March 31, 2004 (the “Amendment”), among EAGLEPICHER HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”) and EAGLEPICHER INCORPORATED, an Ohio corporation (the “Borrower”), the Tranche B Lenders (each a “Tranche B Lender” and collectively, the ” Tranche B Lenders”) and HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”). All terms used herein which are not otherwise specifically defined herein shall have the same meaning herein as defined in the Credit Agreement as further amended hereby.

W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS, Holdings, the Borrower, the Tranche B Lenders, the Agent and the other lenders party thereto are parties to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of August 7, 2003, as amended (the “Credit Agreement”); and

     WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Applicable Rate with respect to Tranche B Term Loans be amended, and that certain other amendments be made to the Credit Agreement; and

     WHEREAS, the Tranche B Lenders and the Agents party hereto, are willing to so amend the Credit Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;

     NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, in consideration of their mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth and intending to be legally bound thereby, covenant and agree as follows:

SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS.

     Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2 below, the Credit Agreement shall be and hereby is amended as follows:

     1.1. Applicable Rate Definition. The definition of Applicable Rate in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by deleting the phrase “(a) with respect to any Tranche B Term Loan, (i) 2.50% per annum, in the case of an ABR Loan, or (ii) 3.50% per annum, in the case of a Eurodollar Loan” therein and replacing such with the phrase “(a) with respect to any Tranche B Term Loan, (i) 2.00% per annum, in the case of an ABR Loan, or (ii) 3.00% per annum, in the case of a Eurodollar Loan” in lieu thereof.

SECTION 2. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.

     The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent:

     2.1. The Borrower, the Agent and the Tranche B Lenders shall have executed and delivered this Amendment.

     2.2. The Agent shall have received copies (executed or certified, as may be appropriate) of all legal documents or proceedings taken in connection with the execution and delivery of this Amendment to the extent the Agent or its counsel may reasonably request.

     2.3. Legal matters incident to the execution and delivery of this Amendment shall be satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel.

SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS.

     In order to induce the Tranche B Lenders to execute and deliver this Amendment, the Borrower hereby represents to the Tranche B Lenders that as of the date hereof the representations and warranties set forth in Article III of the Credit Agreement are and shall be and remain true and correct (except that the representations contained in Section 3.04 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent financial statements of the Borrower delivered to the Agent) and the Borrower is in compliance with the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Credit Agreement or shall result after giving effect to this Amendment.

SECTION 4. MISCELLANEOUS.

     4.1. The Borrower heretofore executed and delivered to the Agent the Collateral Agreement and certain other collateral documents. The Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Liens created and provided for by the Collateral Agreement continues to secure, among other things, the Obligations arising under the Credit Agreement as amended hereby; and the Collateral Agreement and the rights and remedies of the Agent thereunder, the obligations of the Borrower thereunder, and the Liens created and provided for thereunder remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected, impaired or discharged hereby. Nothing herein contained shall in any manner affect or impair the priority of the liens and security interests created and provided for by the Collateral Agreement as to the indebtedness which would be secured thereby prior to giving effect to this Amendment.

     4.2. Except as specifically amended herein, the Credit Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its original terms. Reference to this specific Amendment need not be made in the Credit Agreement, any note, or any other instrument or document executed in connection therewith, or in any certificate, letter or communication issued or made pursuant to or with respect to the Credit Agreement, any reference in any of such items to the Credit Agreement being sufficient to refer to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

     4.3. The Borrower agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses of or incurred by the Agent in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment, including the fees and expenses of counsel for the Agent.

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     4.4. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the different parties on different counterpart signature pages, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Any of the parties hereto may execute this Amendment by signing any such counterpart and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original. This Amendment shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their duly authorized officers to execute and deliver this Amendment as of the date first above written.

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