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

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association, 
Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 20, 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''), Builders Hardware 
Manufacturers Association, Inc. (``BHMA'') 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: Builders 
Hardware Manufacturers Association, Inc., New York, NY. The nature and 
scope of BHMA's standards development activities are: Developing and 
maintaining the ANSI/BHMA A156 series of standards covering builders 
hardware products including architectural door trim, auxiliary 
hardware, cabinet hardware, door controls, exit devices, hinges, 
locking devices, power operated doors, and sliding and folding door 
hardware.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-25838 Filed 11-19-04; 8:45 am]

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