[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 54 (Thursday, March 20, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 13394] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-7112] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Antitrust Division Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium Notice is hereby given that, on January 29, 1997, 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''), the Advanced Lead- Acid Battery Consortium (``ALABC''), a program of International Lead Zinc Research Organization, Inc., filed written notification simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership. The notification was filed for the purpose of extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, Accumulatorenwerke Hoppecke, Brilon, Germany; Battery Energy South Pacific, Fairfield, Australia; Bolder Technologies, Wheat Ridge, CO; Douglas Battery, Winston-Salem, NC; Electrosource, Inc., Austin, TX; Amer-Sil, Kehlen, Luxembourg; Entek International, Ltd., Killingworth, United Kingdom; Norvik Traction, Mississauga, Canada; Omni-Oxide, LLC, Indianapolis, IN; Brittania Refined Metals, Kent, United Kingdom; Eco-Bat, Paderno Dugnano, Italy; ITRI, Ltd., Middx, England; ZSW, Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research, Ulm, Germany; and CITELEC, Brussels, Belgium have made written commitments to the Consortium. Berzelius Metal GmbH, Brauback, Germany; BMG Metall und Recycling, Arnoldstein, Austria; and Society de Traitments Chimiques Des Metaux, Bazoches Les Gallerandes, France have made verbal commitments to the Consortium. Cookson Entek, Ltd., Killingworth, United Kingdom; O&C Corporation, Indianapolis, IN; and Rheinische Zinkgesellschaft, Duisburg-Wanaim, Germany have withdrawn from the Consortium. Acumuladores Mexicanos, Monterrey, NL Mexico has changed its name to ENERMEX. No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned activity of the Consortium. Membership in the Consortium remains open and ALABC intends to file additional written notification disclosing any future changes in membership. On June 15, 1992, the ALABC filed its original notification pursuant to section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice published a notice in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on July 29, 1992 (57 FR 33522). The last notification was filed with the Department on August 13, 1996. The notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on August 28, 1996 (61 FR 44347). Constance K. Robinson, Director of Operations, Antitrust Division. [FR Doc. 97-7112 Filed 3-19-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-11-M