[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 125 (Thursday, June 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 33848]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16042]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993; Petroleum Environmental Research Forum Project 
No. 94-13

    Notice is hereby given that, on May 26, 1995, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Petroleum Environmental Research 
Forum (``PERF'') Project No. 94-13, titled ``Participation Agreement'' 
has filed written 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 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 identifies of the parties are Exxon Research and Engineering 
Company, Florham Park, NJ; British Petroleum Oil Company, Cleveland, 
OH; Conoco Inc., Houston, TX; Texaco Research and Development, Port 
Arthur, TX; Chevron Research and Technology Company, Richmond, CA; 
Amoco Corporation, Naperville, IL; Arco Exploration, Plano, TX; Elf 
Aquitaine, Washington, D.C.; Mobil Exploration and Production 
Technology, Dallas, TX; and Phillips Petroleum, Bartlesville, OK. The 
general area of planned activity is the initial evaluation of 
phytoremediation as a site remediation technology as applied to soils 
of petroleum, petrochemical and chemical industry facilities containing 
residual hydrocarbons.
    Participation in this venture will remain open to all interested 
persons and organizations until the issuance of the final Project 
Completion Date which is presently anticipated to occur approximately 
thirty-six (36) months after the Project commences. The participants 
intend to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes 
in its membership.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 95-16042 Filed 6-28-95; 8:45 am]
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