[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 68 (Monday, April 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 18512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8580]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Appliance Research Consortium, Inc. (Formerly 
Known as Appliance Industry-Government CFC Replacement Consortium, 
Inc.)

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 9, 2001, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Appliance Research Consortium, 
Inc. has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney 
General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its 
membership and in its nature and objectives. 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, Huntsman Polyurethanes (a business unit of 
Huntsman International LLL--f/k/a Huntsman ICI Chemicals, LLC), West 
Deptford, NJ; OSI Specialties, Greenwich, CT; BSH Home Appliance Corp., 
Los Angeles, CA; Viking Range Corp., Greenwood, MS; and Broan--Nu Tone 
LLC, Hartford, WI have been added as parties to this venture. 
AlliedSignal Inc. has merged with Honeywell, Inc., Morristown, NJ, with 
Honeywell being the survivor; and Exxon Chemical Company has merged 
with Mobil Oil Corporation and has changed its name to ExxonMobil 
Chemical Company, Edison, NJ. Also, Tecumseh Products Company, 
Tecumseh, MI has been dropped as a party to this venture.
    The purpose of the Corporation has been expanded to include 
research and reporting on safe cooking technologies.
    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 Appliance Research Consortium, Inc. 
intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes 
in membership.
    On September 19, 1989, Appliance Research Consortium, Inc. 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 November 1, 1989 (54 FR 46136).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on June 27, 
1997. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on August 12, 1997 (62 FR 43184).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-8580 Filed 4-6-01; 8:45 am]
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