[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 7214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2885]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Joint Research and Development Program for the 
Advancement of In Situ Bioremediation Technologies

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 13, 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''), E.I. du Pont de Nemours and 
Company (``DuPont Company'') filed notifications simultaneously with 
the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) 
the identities of the parties and (2) the nature and objectives of a 
Joint Research and Development Program for the Advancement of In Situ 
Bioremediation Technologies. 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 are 
Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Ardsley, NY; The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, 
MI; DuPont Company, Wilmington, DE; General Electric Company. 
Fairfield, CT; Monsanto Company St. Louis, MO; and Zeneca, Inc., 
Wilmington, DE. The objectives of the program are to share existing 
research in the techniques of intrinsic bioremediation, bioventing, and 
accelerated anaerobic bioremediation for the remediation of chlorinated 
solvent contaminants in soil or ground water; to work collectively to 
demonstrate the treatment systems in the field at hazardous waste 
sites; and ultimately to advance the technologies to the point of 
public and regulatory acceptability.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 95-2885 Filed 2-6-95; 8:45 am]
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