[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 107 (Monday, June 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27936-27937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13767]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[Project 94-10]


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993; Petroleum Environmental Research Forum

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 24, 1996, pursuant to 
Sec. 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Petroleum Environmental 
Research Forum Project 94-10, ``Guidelines for the Scientific Study of 
Oil Spill Effects'' 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 Sec. 6(b) of 
the Act, the identities of the parties are: Amoco Corporation, Chicago, 
IL; Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, CA; BP Oil Shipping 
Company, U.S.A., Cleveland, OH; Chevron Research & Technology Company, 
Richmond, CA; Conoco Inc., Houston, TX; Mobil Oil Corporation, 
Princeton, NJ; and Unocal Corporation, Brea, CA. Research required in 
furtherance of the project is to be carried out by: Arthur D. Little, 
Cambridge, MA; Pentec Environmental, Inc., Edmonds, EA; MEC Analytical 
Systems, Inc., Carlsbad, CA; and Owens Coastal Consultants, Bainbridge 
Island, WA.
    The area of planned activity of the joint venture is the 
development of

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guidelines, protocols and standard operating procedures for the 
scientific study of the environmental effects of oil spills and spill 
response activities and the preparation of a report containing the 
study guidelines so developed.
    Participation in the project will remain open to interested parties 
and information concerning participation may be obtained from S.B. 
Robertson, Atlantic Richfield Co., 515 South Flower Street, Los 
Angeles, California 90071. The participants intend to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-13767 Filed 5-31-96; 8:45 am]
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