[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 229 (Friday, November 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63386-63387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31195]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Center for Waste Reduction Technologies

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 23, 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 Center for Waste 
Reduction Technologies (``CWRT'') and other participants in the

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Total Cost Accounting project filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties and (2) the 
nature and objectives of the joint venture. The notifications were 
filed for the purpose of limiting recovery of plaintiffs to actual 
damages under specified circumstances. Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 
Act, the identities to the parties are: Center for Waste Reduction 
Technologies, New York, NY; American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 
New York, NY; Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, MA; The Dow Chemical 
Company, Midland, MI; Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN; General 
Electric Corporation, Schenectady, NY; ICI Americas, Inc., Wilmington, 
DE; Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co., St. Paul, MN; Monsanto 
Company, St. Louis, MO; Owens Corning, Toledo, OH; Rhone-Poulenc North 
America, Monmouth Junction, NJ; Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, 
PA; SmithKline Beecham, King of Prussia, PA; Union Carbide Corporation, 
Danbury, CT; U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
    The nature and objectives of this Joint Venture is to devise and 
develop tools, techniques, programs, or methods to support decision 
making and option selection in early stages of chemical manufacturing 
process development, and that can be used before and/or during the 
laboratory phase of a chemical process development project to aid in 
selecting chemistry and processing conditions, with emphasis on 
relative cost relationships and on the manufacture of products, or 
material substances, rather than on the provision of services.
    Participating in this Joint Venture will remain open to qualified 
persons and organizations. The Participants intend to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership. Information 
regarding participation in this joint venture may be obtained from: 
Center for Waste Reduction Technologies, 345 East 47th Street, New 
York, NY 10017-2395.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 97-31195 Filed 11-26-97; 8:45 am]
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