[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 218 (Monday, November 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57022-57023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27944]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Diesel Particulate NOX Aftertreatment 
Using Plasma or Corona Discharges Cooperative Research Project

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 24, 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''), Southwest Research Institute, 
(``SwRI''), on behalf of the Participants in the Diesel particulate/
NOx Aftertreatment Using Plasma or Corona Discharges Cooperative 
Research Project has filed written notifications simultaneously with 
the Attorney General and with the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
(1) the identities of the parties to the Project, 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 

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the current parties participating in the Cooperative Research Project 
are Caterpillar, Inc., Peoria, IL: Equipements et Composants pour 
L'Industrie Automobile, Valentigny, FRANCE; and Renault VI DITCM/DERM, 
Saint-Priest, FRANCE, together with its subsidiary, Mack Trucks, Inc., 
Hagerstown, MD.
    The nature and objective of this cooperative research project is to 
investigate the feasibility of using plasma or corona discharge 
technologies as diesel exhaust aftertreatment devices through the 
screening of the present plasma or corona discharge technologies 
utilizing a diesel engine comparing the effects of the different 
technologies on the various type and concentrations of exhaust 
components such as particulates, NOX, THC and CO, of the velocity, 
production of unregulated emissions in the plasma and other safety 
related aspects associated with implementation of the technologies; 
theoretical modelling of the electrical and chemical processes and a 
scaled-up development of the most promising technologies on a heavy-
duty diesel engine followed by a full-scale demonstration on a heavy-
duty vehicle.
    Participation in this Cooperative Research Project will remain 
open, and SwRI intends to file additional written notifications 
disclosing all changes in its membership or planned activities.
    Information regarding participation in the Cooperative Research 
Project may be obtained from John W. McLeod, Southwest Research 
Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, Post Office Drawer 28510, San Antonio, TX 
78228-0510.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 95-27944 Filed 11-9-95; 8:45 am]
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