[Federal Register: May 12, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 91)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993; ASTM International--Standards
Notice is hereby given that, on April 12, 2005, 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 between January
2005 and April 2005, 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). The last notification was
filed on January 21, 2005. A notice was published in the Federal
Register on February 11, 2005 (70 FR 7307).
For additional information, please contact: Thomas B. O'Brien, Jr.,
General Counsel, at ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West
Conshohocken, PA 19428, telephone 610-832-9597, e-mail address
tobrien@astm.org.
Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-9527 Filed 5-11-05; 8:45 am]
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