[Federal Register: October 21, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 203)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--ASTM International
Notice is hereby given that, on September 14, 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''), ASTM International
(``ASTM'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the
name and principal place of
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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: ASTM
International, West Conshohocken, PA. The nature and scope of ASTM's
standards development activities are: ASTM International's
Interlaboratory Crosscheck Programs provide participating laboratories
with a statistical quality assurance (SQA) tool, enabling them to
compare their performance in the use of ASTM methods against other
laboratories worldwide. ASTM Committee D02 on Petroleum Products and
Lubricants sponsors the programs and more than 600 published standards.
For additional information, please contact Thomas B. O'Brien, Jr.,
General Counsel, at the above address, telephone (610) 832-
9597, e-mail address tobrien@astm.org.
Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-23509 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am]
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