[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 32 (Thursday, February 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 8123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3922]


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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 (ALABC)

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 11, 1999, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Advanced Lead-Acid Battery 
Consortium (``ALABC''), a program of International Lead Zinc Research 
Organization, Inc., has filed written notifications simultaneously with 
the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
changes in its 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, Banner Batterien GmbH, Linz, AUSTRIA and Curtis 
Instruments, Inc., Mount Kisco, NY, have been added as parties to this 
venture; and Electrosource, Inc., Austin, TX has been withdrawn as a 
party to this venture. 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 ALABC 
intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes 
in membership.
    On June 15, 1992, 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 October 13, 
1998. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-3922 Filed 2-17-99; 8:45 am]
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