[Federal Register: December 20, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 244)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Testing of Methods for Measuring Hydrocarbon 
Dew Points in Natural Gas Streams

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 30, 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''), SwRI: Testing of Methods 
for Measuring Hydrocarbon Dew Point in Natural Gas Streams has filed 
written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the 
Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership, nature 
and objective. 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, Union Gas Limited, Chatham, Ontario, Canada has been 
added as a party to this venture. The changes in its nature and 
objectives are: The period of performance has been extended to December 
27, 2007; the hydrocarbon dew point analyzers will be tested to 
determine their ability to accurately measure hydrocarbon dew points 
when water vapor or methanol is present in the gas stream; and the 
recovery time of the instruments after being cooled to hydrocarbon dew 
point temperatures during operation will also be verified. These tests 
will provide new information on analyzer performance under adverse 
conditions.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and SwRI intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On March 20, 2007, SwRI: Testing of Methods for Measuring 
Hydrocarbon Dew Point in Natural Gas Streams 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 April 16, 2007 (72 FR 19023).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 07-6121 Filed 12-19-07; 8:45 am]

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