[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 57843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24606]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Rotorcraft Industry Technology Association, 
Inc. (``RITA'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 8, 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''), Rotorcraft Industry Technology 
Association, Inc. (``RITA'') 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, Lord Corporation, 
Cary, NC has been added as a party to this venture. Also, The 
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL and The University of 
Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL have been dropped 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 RITA intends to file additional 
written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On September 28, 1995, RITA 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 April 3, 1996 (61 FR 14817).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on November 24, 
1999. 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. 00-24606 Filed 9-25-00; 8:45 am]
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