[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 38595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15601]


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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 
(``CWRT'') Sustainability Metrics Project

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 8, 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''), Center for Waste Reduction 
Technologies (``CWRT'') 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 Center for Waste 
Reduction Technologies, New York, NY; America Institute of Chemical 
Engineers, New York, NY; Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, MA; Dow 
Chemical Co., Midland, MI; Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, TN; Eastman 
Kodak Co., Rochester, NY; E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, 
DE; Merck & Company, Whitehouse Station, NJ; Minnesota Mining & 
Manufacturing Co., St. Paul, MN; Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO; Owens 
Corning Co., Toledo, OH; Rohm & Haas Co., Philadelphia, PA; and 
SmithKline Beecham Corp., King of Prussia, PA. The nature and 
objectives of the venture are to develop a set of tangible metrics to 
assess the economic and environmental impact of business operations. 
The metrics are intended to allow the users to examine various options 
of chemistry, process, product and even product line to determine their 
relative contributions to sustainability. These metrics being developed 
by the project will cover mass and energy intensity, pollutants 
dispersion and the use of water, renewables and recyclables.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-15601 Filed 6-20-00; 8:45 am]
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