[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 123 (Monday, June 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39429-39430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15999]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Southwest Research Institute (``SwRI''): Clean 
Diesel III

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 12, 2000, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Southwest Research 
Institute (``SwRI'') 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 involving 
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 Catepillar Inc., Peoria, 
IL; Cummins Engine Company, Columbus, IN; Eaton Corporation, 
Southfield, MI; Hyundai Motor Co., Kyunggi-Do, KOREA; Iveco 
Motorenforschung AG, Arbon, SWITZERLAND; John Deere Product Engineering 
Center, Deere and Company, Waterloo, IA: Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; 
Peugeot Citroen Automobiles SA, Neuilly Sur Seine, FRANCE; Renault 
Vehicules Industriels, Saint-Priest, FRANCE, joined by its subsidiary 
Mack Trucks, Inc., Hagerstown, MD; Van Doorne's Bedrifswagenfabriek DAF 
B.V., Eindhoven, THE NETHERLANDS; and Volvo Truck Corp., Goteborg, 
SWEDEN. The nature and objectives of the venture are to achieve 
NOX and HC level of 0.5g/hp-hr and PM level of 0.01g/hp-hr 
over the U.S. transient heavy-duty test cycle, through the 
investigation of the following technologies: Optimization of a second 
generation system for cycle-resolved water injection; effect of water 
emulsion on post-combustion exhaust emission reduction devices; direct 
injection homogeneous charge compression ignition; variable valve 
actuation; model-based microprocessor based electronic control systems; 
development of individual valve train lubrication concept for friction 
and wear reduction; heavy-duty gasoline engine and advanced injection 
rate plus exhaust gas recirculation and the transfer of such 
technologies to the participants and the development of demonstrations 
engines.
    Membership in this research group project remains open, and the 
participants intend to file additional

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written notification disclosing all changes in membership or planned 
activities.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations.
[FR Doc. 00-15999 Filed 6-23-00; 8:45 am]
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