[Federal Register: July 14, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 134)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Microcontaminant Reduction Venture
Notice is hereby given that, on June 15, 2004, pursuant to section
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993,
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Microcontaminant Reduction
Venture has filed written notifications simultaneously with the
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in
its project status. The notifications were filed for the purpose of
extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances.
Specifically, the parties to the venture, KMG-Bernuth, Inc., Houston,
TX, and Vulcan Materials Company, Birmingham, AL, have extended the
term of the Venture from three to four years.
No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group
research project remains open, and Microcontaminant Reduction Venture
intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes
in membership.
On June 13, 2001, Microcontaminant Reduction Venture filed its
original notification pursuant to section 6(a) of the Act. The
Department of Justice published a notice in the Federal Register
pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on July 19, 2001 (66 FR 37709).
The last notification was filed with the Department on August 14,
2003. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to
section 6(b) of the Act on September 8, 2003 (68 FR 52958).
Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-15873 Filed 7-13-04; 8:45 am]
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