[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 106 (Friday, June 1, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 29836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13772]



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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 1, 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''), Spray Drift Task Force 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, Novartis Crop 
Protection, Inc., Greensboro, NC and Zeneca Ag Products, Inc., 
Wilmington, DE have merged to form Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., 
Greensboro, NC. Also, Nihon Nohyaku America, Inc., Hockessin, DE has 
changed its name to Nichino America, Inc.; and Elf Atochem North 
America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA has changed its name to Cerrexagri, 
Inc.
    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 15, 1990 (55 FR 27701).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on January 12, 
2001. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on February 27, 2001 (66 FR 12565).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-13772 Filed 5-31-01; 8:45 am]
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