[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 01-17884]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993: Fire Sprinkler Manufacturers' Joint Research 
and Development Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 31, 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''), the Fire Sprinkler 
Manufacturers' Joint Research and Development Consortium (the 
``Consortium'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
identities of the parties and (2) the nature and objective of the 
venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking the 
Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to 
actual damages under specified circumstances.
    Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties 
are: Central Sprinkler, Inc., Exeter, NH; Firematic Sprinkler Services, 
Inc., Shrewsbury, MA; Gem Sprinkler Company, Exeter, NH; Globe Fire 
Sprinkler Corporation, Standish, MI; Kidde Fire Fighting USA, Exton, 
PA; National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc., Patterson, NY; The 
Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Company, Inc., Mount Vernon, NY; Star 
Sprinkler, Inc., Exeter, NH; Tyco Flow Control, Exeter, NH; Tyden 
Group, Grand Rapids, MI; Victaulic Fire Safety Company, LLC, Easton, 
PA; and The Viking Corporation, Hastings, MI.
    The general area of planned activity is to collect, exchange and 
analyze research information to determine, in conjunction with the U.S. 
Consumer Product Safety Commission or such other agency as may be 
deemed an interested party, whether listing and approval test 
standards, as well as installation and maintenance standards, relating 
to fire sprinklers need to be revised and, if necessary, to develop and 
recommend changes to such standards.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-17884 Filed 7-17-01; 8:45 am]
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