[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 8664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5037]



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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. 94-14

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 9, 1996, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301, et seq. (``the Act''), the participants in 
the Petroleum Environmental Research Forum (``PERF'') Project No. 94-
14, titled ``Cooperative Bioremediation Research Program,'' have filed 
written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and with 
the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the 
parties to PERF Project No. 94-14 and (2) the nature and objectives of 
the research program to be performed in accordance with the Project. 
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 current parties participating in PERF 
Project No. 94-14 are: Exxon Research & Engineering Company, Florham 
Park, NJ; Marathon Oil Company, Littleton, CO; Amoco Corporation, 
Chicago, IL; Texaco, Inc., Port Arthur, TX; Phillips Petroleum Company, 
Houston, TX; and RETEC, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA.
    The nature and objective of the research program performed in 
accordance with PERF Project No. 94-14 is to provide planning and 
response guidelines for the use of solidifiers for upstream/downstream 
petroleum (on land) operations.
    Participation in this project will remain open to interested 
persons and organizations until issuance of the final project report. 
The participants intend to file additional written notifications 
disclosing all changes in its membership.
    Information about participating in PERF Project No. 94-14 may be 
obtained by contacting Mr. William Dahl, Exxon Research & Engineering 
Company, Florham Park, NJ.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-5037 Filed 3-4-96; 8:45 am]
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