[Federal Register: December 10, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 237)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--American Institute of Steel Construction, 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''), American Institute of Steel 
Construction, Inc. (``AISC'') 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 
Institute of Steel Construction, Inc., Chicago, IL. The nature and 
scope of AISC's standards development activities are: to develop 
standards addressing the design, fabrication and erection of structural 
steel, including specifications for structural steel buildings, 
specifications for nuclear facilities, seismic provisions for 
structural steel buildings, standards for the qualification of steel 
structures inspectors, code of standard practice for structural steel 
fabrication and erection, and standards for steel shipment notices and 
bar codes.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-27070 Filed 12-9-04; 8:45 am]

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