[Federal Register: October 13, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 197)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--American Water Works Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 16, 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''), American Water Works 
Association (``AWWA'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
(1) the name and principal place of business of the standards 
development organization and (2) the nature and scope of its standards 
development activities. The notifications were filed for the purpose of 
invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances.
    Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: American 
Water Works Association, Denver, Co. The nature and scope of AWWA's 
standards development activities are: To develop, adopt, and publish 
voluntary consensus standards that set out the minimum requirements of 
products or processes used in the water profession. AWWA standards 
address, where appropriate, procedures of design; characteristics of 
materials, substances, products, equipment, systems or services; 
processes of manufacturing, assembly, transporting, storage or 
installation; techniques of analysis; testing and inspection methods 
and requirements; parameters of use; and such other elements essential 
to provide adequate reliability, life and usage in the water 
profession. AWWA's voluntary consensus standards are developed by AWWA 
members and other interested parties.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-22888 Filed 10-12-04; 8:45 am]

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