[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 162 (Thursday, August 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44488-44489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22129]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, 
Inc. (Spindles Project)

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 8, 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 National Center for 
Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. (``NCMS'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its

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membership status. The notifications were filed for the purpose of 
extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Specifically, the following company, ORSCO, Inc., Madison Heights, MI, 
is no longer a participant in the ``Spindles Project.''
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and NCMS intends to file additional 
written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On February 20, 1987, NCMS 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 
March 17, 1987 (52 FR 8375).
    On June 6, 1994, NCMS filed its original (``Spindle Project'') 
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 15, 1994 (59 FR 36218).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 97-22129 Filed 8-20-97; 8:45 am]
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