[Federal Register: November 10, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 217)]
[Notices]               
[Page 65225-65226]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--American Petroleum Institute

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 16, 2004, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1893, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act'') American Petroleum Institute 
(``API'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
name and

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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 
Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC. The nature and scope of API's 
standards development activities are: Development and maintenance of 
voluntary standards for the petroleum industry through committees 
charged with developing standards for (1) oilfield equipment and 
materials, (2) petroleum measurement, (3) refinery equipment, (4) 
marketing operations, (5) pipeline transportation, (6) fire and safety, 
(7) lubricants, and (8) business and information technology. More 
information regarding API standards development activities may be 
obtained from the API Web site at http://www.api.org, which includes 

contact information for API standards activities.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-25074 Filed 11-9-04; 8:45 am]

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