[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 156 (Friday, August 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 49266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20315]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Portland Cement Association (``PCA'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 27, 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''), Portland Cement Association 
(``PCA'') 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, Illinois Cement Company, LaSalle, IL and CSR Rinker 
Materials, West Palm Beach, FL have been added as members of this 
venture, and Expanded Shale Clay & Slate Institute, Salt Lake City, UT 
has become an Affiliate Member. Also, ABB Industrial Systems, Columbus, 
OH has changed its name to ABB Automation Inc.; and North Star Cement 
Limited, Cornerbrook, Newfoundland, CANADA and Fuel & Combustion 
Technology International, Malvern, PA have been dropped as members of 
this venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of this group research project. Membership in the project 
remains open, and PCA intends to file additional written notification 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On January 7, 1985, PCA 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 February 
5, 1985 (50 FR 5015).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on February 14, 
2000. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on July 11, 2000 (65 FR 42726).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-20315 Filed 8-10-00; 8:45 am]
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