[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 156 (Friday, August 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 49260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20314]


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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

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 29, 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''), Advanced Lead-Acid Battery 
Consortium (``ALABC'') 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, Acumuladores Autosil, S.A., Paco de Arcos, Portugal; BHP 
Cannington, Townsville, Queensland, Australia; Eco-Bat SPA, Paderno 
Dugnano, Italy; Ford Motor Co., Think Technologies, Dearborn, MI; H.J. 
Enthoven & Sons, Matlock, Derbyshire, England; Johnson Controls, Inc., 
Milwaukee, WI; and STCM, Bazoches--Les Gallerades, France have been 
added as parties 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 April 3, 
2000. A notice has not yet been published in the Federal Register.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-20314 Filed 8-10-00; 8:45 am]
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