[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 32372-32373] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-15502] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Antitrust Division Notice of Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 Spray Drift Task Force Notice is hereby given that, on April 21, 1997, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 se seq. (``the Act''), the Spray Drift Task Force has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing a merger of two parties to the Spray Drift Task Force Joint Data Development Agreement and the new name of the combined enterprise. The notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the Act's [[Page 32373]] provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, ALSAN Research, Ankey, IA; Gharda Chemicals Ltd., Washington, DC; and Tri Corporation, Houston, TX has become members. Additionally, the following companies have changed their names: (1) Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Greenboro, NC, owned by Ciba-Geigy Ltd. Group, Basel, SWITZERLAND and Sandoz AGRO, Des Plaines, IA have merged to become Novartis Crop Protection, Inc., Greensboro, NC; and (2) Akzo Nobel Chemicals b.v., Arnhem, NETHERLANDS has been acquired by NuFarm Limited, Laverton, North Victoria, AUSTRALIA. No other changes have been made in either the membership, corporate name, or planned activities of the venture. On May 15, 1990, the Spray Drift Task Force 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 5, 1990 (55 FR 27701). The last notification was filed with the Department on November 16, 1995. A notice was published in the Federal Register on April 8, 1996 (61 FR 15522). Constance K. Robinson, Director of Operations, Antitrust Division. [FR Doc. 97-15502 Filed 6-12-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-11-M