[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--American Association for Accreditation of 
Ambulatory Surgery Facilities

    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''), the American Association 
for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (``AAAASF'') 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 
Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, Gurnee, 
IL. The nature and scope of AAAASF's standards development activities 
are: the development of standards by which single-specialty and multi-
specialty out-patient surgery facilities are accredited. The standards 
for accreditation of such surgery facilities are developed continually 
revised by AAAASF's committee of medical professionals.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-25837 Filed 11-19-04; 8:45 am]

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