[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 53 (Friday, March 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 13604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6680]


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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. (``NCMS'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 7, 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''), 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 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, Corning, Inc., 
Corning, NY has been added as a party to this venture. Also, Dresser 
Instrument Division of Dresser Industries, Inc., Milford, CT has been 
dropped 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 National Center for Manufacturing 
Sciences, Inc. (``NCMS'') intends to file additional written 
notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On February 20, 1987, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, 
Inc. (``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).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on May 8, 1998. 
A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) 
of the Act on June 8, 1998 (63 FR 33419).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-6680 Filed 3-18-99; 8:45 am]
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