[Federal Register: November 22, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 224)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Petroleum Environmental Research Forum Project 
No. 03-03

    Notice is hereby given that, on November 2, 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''), Petroleum Environmental 
Research Forum Project No. 03-03 (``PERF; Project No. 03-03'') has 
filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General 
and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the 
parties to the venture and (2) the nature and objectives of the 
venture. 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 identities of the parties 
to the venture are: ChevronTexaco Energy Technology Company, Richmond, 
CA; ExxonMobil Production Company, Houston, TX; Total E&P Services, 
Courbevoie, FRANCE; Halliburton Energy Services Group, Houston, TX; and 
Statoil ASA, Stavanger, NORWAY. The general area of PERF Project No. 
03-03's planned activity is to generate a set of model technical 
standards that may be incorporated into regulations (framework) based 
on a risk approach to protect health and the environment at E&P 
operations. The activities to be carried out include the development of 
a framework from which risk based technical standards can be derived. 
Participation in this joint venture will remain open to qualified 
persons and organizations, and the participants intend to file 
additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-25836 Filed 11-19-04; 8:45 am]

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