[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 214 (Monday, November 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 56709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28158]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Petroleum Environmental Research Forum Project 
No. 96-01

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 9, 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. 96-01, 
titled ``Treating Refinery/Petrochemical Wastewater Using Media 
Systems,'' 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 
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. 96-01 are: Exxon Research & Engineering Company, Florham Park, NJ; 
Shall Development Company, Houston, TX; Conoco, Inc., Houston, TX; 
Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, OK; BP Exploration & Oil 
Company, Cleveland, OH; and Elf Antar, Inc., Paris, FRANCE.
    The nature and objective of the research program performed in 
accordance with PERF Project No. 96-01 is to demonstrate the 
effectiveness and benefits of media systems (with an emphasis on 
suspended media) for the biotreatment of refinery and petrochemical 
wastewater.
    Participation in this Project will remain open to interested 
persons and organizations until the final Project Completion Date, 
which is presently anticipated to occur approximately twelve (12) 
months after the Project commences. The parties intend to file 
additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership 
in this Project.
    Information regarding participation in Petroleum Environmental 
Research Forum (``PERF'') Project No. 96-01 may be obtained from Ms. 
Amy M. Feith, Engineering Department, Exxon Research & Engineering 
Company, P.O. Box 181, Florham Park, NJ 07932-0101.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-28158 Filed 11-1-96; 8:45 am]
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