[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 46 (Thursday, March 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13972-13973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5716]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Spray Drift Task Force

    Notice is hereby given that, on May 11, 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''), Spray Drift Task Force has filed 
written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the 
Federal Trade Commission updating 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.
    As of May 5, 2000, the Spray Drift Task Force's membership consists 
of the following 39 companies: AH Marks and Company Limited, Yorkshire, 
UNITED KINGDOM; Agro Distribution, Sioux City, IA; Agro-Gor Company, 
Kansas City, MO; Albaugh, Inc., Ankeny, IA; American Cyanamid Company, 
Princeton, NJ; Amvac Chemical Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; Aventis 
CropScience, Research Triangle Park, NC; BASF Corporation, Research 
Triangle Park, NC; Bayer Corporation, Kansas City, MO; Cheminova, Inc., 
Wayne, NJ; Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, IN; Drexel Chemical Company, 
Memphis, TN; E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE; Elf 
Atochem North America, Philadelphia, PA; FMC Corporation, Philadelphia, 
PA; Gharda USA, Inc., Brookfield, CT; Griffin, L.L.C., Hot Springs 
Village, AR; Helena Chemical Company, Princeton, CA; Industria Prodotti 
Chmimici SpA (I.Pi.Ci.), Milanese, ITALY, ISK Biosciences

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Corporation, Mentor, OH; Luxemborg Industries (PAMOL), Ltd., Memphis, 
TN; Makhteshim-Agan of North America, Inc., New York, NY; McLaughlin 
Gormley King Company, Minneapolis, MN: Merck & Co., Rahway, NJ; Micro-
Flo Company, Memphis, TN; Monsanto, St. Louis, MO; NihonNohyaku America 
Inc., Hockessin, DE; Novartis Crop Protection, Inc., Greensboro, NC; 
Nufarm Platte Pty. Ltd., Greeley, CO; Rohm and Haas Company, 
Philadelphia, PA; Sipcam Agro USA, Inc., Roswell, GA; Tomen Agro, Inc., 
San Francisco, CA; Tri Corporation, Houston, TX; UCB Chemical 
Corporation, Smyrna, GA; Uniroyal Chemical Co. Inc., Middlebury, CT; 
United Phosphorus, Inc., Exton, PA; Valent U.S.A. Corporation, Walnut 
Creek, CA; Wilbur-Ellis Company, Fresno, CA; and Zeneca Ag Products 
Inc., Wilmington, DE.
    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 Spray Drift Task Force intends to 
file additional written notification disclosing all changes in 
membership.
    On May 15, 1990, Spray Drift Task Force 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 5, 1990 (55 FR 27701).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on November 16, 
1995. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on April 8, 1996 (61 FR 15522).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-5716 Filed 3-7-01; 8:45 am]
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