[Federal Register: April 7, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 67)]
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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 December 11, 2007, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative

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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 September 2007 and 
December 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 September 7, 
2007. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on November 7, 2007 (72 FR 62864).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-7004 Filed 4-4-08; 8:45 am]

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