[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 28065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13391]


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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 April 28, 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, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Sacramento, 
Municipal Utility District, Sacramento, CA; Virginia Power Company, 
Richmond, VA; Acumuladores Autosil, Lisbon, Portugal; and Wavedriver, 
Ld., Hertfordshire, United Kingdom have made commitments to the 
Consortium.
    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 January 29, 1997. A notice was published in the 
Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on March 20, 1997 
(62 FR 13394).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 97-13391 Filed 5-21-97; 8:45 am]
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