[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 139 (Thursday, July 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 37709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18086]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Microcontaminant Reduction Venture

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 13, 2001, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``Act''), the Microcontaminant Reduction 
Venture (``the Venture'') 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 an objectives 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 Vulcan Materials Company, Birmingham, AL; and KMG Bernuth, Inc., 
Houston, TX.
    The nature and objectives of the venture are to develop cost 
effective methods for reduction of microcontaminants such as dioxins, 
furans, and hexachlorobenzene in the pentachlorophenol manufactured by 
the participants.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-18086 Filed 7-18-01; 8:45 am]
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