[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 160 (Thursday, August 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 50218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20891]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Advancement of In Situ Bioremediation 
Technologies

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 14, 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''), Advancement of In Situ 
Bioremediation Technologies 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, ICI, Americas, 
Inc., Wilmington, DE and Beak International, Inc. which since has been 
acquired by GeoSyntec Consultants, Inc., Boca Raton, FL have been added 
as parties to this venture. Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO has been 
dropped as a party to this venture. Also, Ciba Geigy Corporation, 
Ardsley, NY has changed its name to Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Toms 
River, NJ.
    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 Advancement of In Situ 
Bioremediation Technologies intends to file additional written 
notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On December 13, 1994, Advancement of In Situ Bioremediation 
Technologies 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 7, 1995 (60 FR 
7214).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 00-20891 Filed 8-16-00; 8:45 am]
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