[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38217-38218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18677]


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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. 95-06

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 12, 1996, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301, et seq. (``the Act''), the participants in the 
Petroleum Environmental Research Forum (``PERF'') Project No. 95-06, 
titled ``Effects of RVP Reduction on Vehicle CO Emissions During Las 
Vegas and Los Angeles Winter Conditions,'' have filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and with the 
Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) The identities of the parties 
and (2) the nature and objectives of the joint research and development 
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 current participants in PERF Project 
No. 95-06 are: Chevron Research and Technology Company, Richmond, CA; 
Arco Products Company, Anaheim, CA; Clark County Health District of the 
State of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV; and Texaco Group Inc., Beacon, NY. 
Research and development work required in furtherance of the Project is 
to be carried out by Chevron Research and Technology Company as 
Contract Coordinator and/or outside consultants and contractors 
selected by the Contract Coordinator, preferably with the review and 
recommendation of the Technical Advisory Committee representing the 
Participants.
    The nature and objective of the research program performed in 
accordance with PERF Project No. 95-06 is to study the effects of RVP 
reduction on vehicle CO emissions during Las Vegas and Los Angeles 
winter conditions.
    Participation in this Project will remain open to interested 
persons and organizations until the Project completion date, which is 
presently anticipated to occur approximately December 15, 1996, but no 
later than December 31, 1996. The Participants intend to file 
additional written

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notification(s) disclosing all changes in membership in this Project.
    Information regarding participation in Petroleum Environmental 
Research Form (``PERF'') Project No. 95-06 may be obtained from Mr. 
James A. Rutherford, Chevron Research and Technology Company, Richmond, 
CA.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-18677 Filed 7-22-96; 8:45 am]
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