[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 71 (Tuesday, April 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 18226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9799]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--(``PERF'') Project No. 97-08

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 26, 1998, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Petroleum Environmental 
Research Forum (``PERF'') Project No. 97-08, titled ``Scientifically-
Sound Risk-Based Decision Tools for E&P Sites,'' has 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 venture. The notifications were filed 
for the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery 
of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified 
circumstances. Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of 
the parties are: Chevron Research and Technology Co., Richmond, CA; 
Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, MA; Unocal, Inc., Brea, CA; Exxon 
Production Research Co., Houston, TX; Shell Oil Co., Houston, TX; and 
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Calgary, AB T2P 3N9, 
Canada. The objective of this Project is to develop and/or improve 
methods, data, models, and tools in support of risk-based decision 
making based on the concentrations of total petroleum hydrocarbons 
(TPH), polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), metals or salts in E&P wastes 
or site soils.
    Participation in this Project will remain open to interested 
persons and organizations until the Project Completion Date, which is 
presently anticipated to occur approximately by December 1998, but no 
later than July 1999.
    The Participants intend to file additional written notification 
disclosing all changes in membership. Information regarding 
participation in the Project may be obtained from Ms. Sara J. McMillen, 
Chevron Research and Technology Company, 100 Chevron Way, Richmond, CA 
94802-0627, Telephone: (510) 242-3485, Facsimile: (510) 242-1954.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-9799 Filed 4-13-98; 8:45 am]
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