[Federal Register: February 2, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 21)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1933--ASTM International--Standards

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 15, 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''), ASTM International--
Standards (``ASTM'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
additions or changes to its standards development activities. The 
notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the Act's 
provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual 
damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, ASTM has provided 
an updated list of current, ongoing ASTM standards activities 
originating after July 15, 2004, designated as Work Items. A complete 
listing of ASTM Work Items, along with a brief description of each, is 
available at http://www.astm.org.

    On September 15, 2004, ASTM filed its original notification 
pursuant to section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice 
published a notice in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of 
the Act on November 10, 2004 (69 FR 65226).
    For additional information, please contact: Thomas B. O'Brien, Jr., 
General Counsel, at 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, 
telephone 

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610-832-9597, e-mail address: tobrien@astm.org.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
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