[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 202 (Thursday, October 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 54221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26613]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Seed Research Services, LLC

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 19, 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''), Seed Research 
Services, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company, has 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 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 parties in the venture are: first, 
California Artichoke and Vegetable Growers Corp., dba Ocean Mist Farms, 
a California corporation, and member of Seed Research Services, LLC, 
whose shareholders consist of: Boutonnet Farms, Inc., a California 
Corporation; Sea Mist Farms, LLC, a California Limited Liability 
Company; Bengard Harvesting, a California General Partnership; Joy Al, 
Inc., a California Corporation; Donnar, Inc., a California Corporation; 
Tottino Living Trust, Hugo and Delores Tottino, Trustees, a California 
Trust; and the following U.S. citizens and California residents: Leslie 
Tottino; David Tottino; Karen Antle; Cathy Alameda; and Michelle Pecci; 
second, Associated Produce Distributors, a California Limited 
Partnership, and member of Seed Research Services, LLC, whose general 
partners consist of: Lael Lee Co., a California General Partnership; 
B.W. Brown Co., a California General Partnership; A.P. Generals, a 
California General Partnership; and a U.S. citizen and California 
resident, Reno Costella; and third, Adobe Ranch Company, a California 
General Partnership and member of Seed Research Services, LLC, whose 
general partners consist of the following U.S. citizens and California 
residents: Louis H. Delfino; David N. Delfino; and Louis J. Delfino.
    The general area of planned activity for Seed Research Services, 
LLC is seed and plant research, development and licensing of 
proprietary varieties of artichokes to its Members and/or third 
parties, and may also include the production of proprietary seed and/or 
plants. The principal executive office of Seed Research Services, LLC 
is located at 450 Lincoln Avenue, Salinas, CA 93902.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-26613 Filed 10-16-96; 8:45 am]
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