[Federal Register: April 9, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 67)]
[Notices]
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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 March 13, 2007, 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 December
2006 and February 2007, 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 with the Department on December 14,
2006. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to
Section 6(b) of the Act on January 25, 2007 (72 FR 3415).
For additional information, please contact: Thomas B. O'Brien, Jr.,
General Counsel, at 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428,
telephone 610-832-9597 e-mail address tobrien@astm.org.
Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 07-1724 Filed 4-6-07; 8:45 am]
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