[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 125 (Thursday, June 30, 1994)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Petroleum Environmental Research Forum

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 1, 1994, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301, et seq. (``the Act''), the participants in the 
Petroleum Environmental Research Forum (``PERF'') Project No. 93-04 
filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General 
and with the Federal Trade Commission disclosing: (1) The identities of 
the parties to Project No. 93-04 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 and the general area of 
planned activity are: Amoco Oil Company, Naperville, IL; Atlantic 
Richfield Company, Plano, TX; Chevron Research and Technology Company, 
Richmond, CA; Exxon Production Research Company, Houston, TX; Mobil 
Research and Development Corporation, Paulsboro, NJ; Phillips Petroleum 
Company, Bartlesville, OK; Texaco, Inc., Bellair, TX; and Union Oil 
Company of California, Brea, CA.
    The nature of the research program performed in accordance with 
PERF Project 93-04 is to measure the rate and extent of bioremediation 
of petroleum hydrocarbons. The objective of this project is to assess 
the effectiveness of a suite of analytical techniques for measuring the 
rate and extent of bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons in soil.
    Information about participating in Project 93-04 may be obtained in 
contacting Donald H. Mohr, Chevron Research and Technology Company, 
Richmond, CA.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 94-15915 Filed 6-29-94; 8:45 am]
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