[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 68 (Monday, April 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 15521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8562]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993; Petroleum Environmental Research Forum Project 
94-03 ``Reclamation of Salt Impacted Soils''

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 28, 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''), Exxon Production Research 
Company has filed a written notification simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing: (1) the 
identities of the parties to a joint research and development venture, 
and (2) the nature and objective 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 to the venture are Exxon Production Research Company, 
Houston, TX; Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX; Texaco Group, Inc., 
Bellaire, TX; Phillips Petroleum Company, Belliare, TX; and Mobil 
Research and Development Company, Dallas, TX. The nature and objective 
of the venture is to study remediation of salt impacted soils by 
amendment addition. The venture will involve three phases: (1) A 
laboratory screening study to identify the most effective factors/
amendments, (2) laboratory experiments to study treatment levels needed 
for reclamation and the interactions between factors, and (3) a field 
study to test treatments on soil containing produced water. The venture 
became effective on June 28, 1995 and is scheduled to be completed by 
June 30, 1996. Information regarding participation in the venture may 
be obtained by contacting Exxon Production Research Company, P.O. Box 
2189, Houston, TX 77252-2189.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-8562 Filed 4-5-96; 8:45 am]
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