[Federal Register: October 27, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 208)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Southwest Research Institute: Guidelines for 
Measurement Error Caused by Buckled Orifice Plates

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 26, 2006, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Southwest Research 
Institute: Guidelines for Measurement Error Caused by Buckled Orifice 
Plates (``SwRI: Orifice Plates'' has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties to the venture 
and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. 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 identities of the parties 
to the venture are: Atmos Energy, Dallas, TX; Centerpoint Energy Gas 
Transmission Company, Shreveport, LA; ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, 
TX; Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P., Houston, TX; Enterprise Products 
Operating L.P., Houston, TX: Kinder Morgan Inc., Houston, TX; National 
Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation, Williamsville, NY; Southern Star 
Central Gas Pipeline, Owensboro, KY; and Tennessee Gas Pipeline 
Company, Houston, TX.
    The general area of SwRI: Orifice Plates' planned activity is to 
investigate the flow measurement error caused by orifice plates that 
have undergone permanent, plastic deformation. Guidelines will be 
developed for the measurement error produced by orifice plates as a 
function of orifice bore diameter and deflection angle. The program 
will include a literature survey, the development of an experimental 
test plan, and the acquisition and inspection of existing deformed 
orifice plates. The program will also include the testing of new 
orifice plates before and after mechanical deformation. Data obtained 
in this project and from the literature will be used to revise 
guidelines for estimating measurement error for buckled orifice plates.
    Membership in this group research project remains open, and SwRI: 
Orifice Plates intends to file additional written

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notification disclosing all changes in membership or planned 
activities.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 06-8913 Filed 10-26-06; 8:45 am]

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