[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 146 (Monday, July 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 39335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18898]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 25, 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''), Ductile Iron Pipe Research 
Association 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 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 identifies of the parties are Ductile Iron Pipe 
Research Association, Birmingham, AL; American Cast Iron Pipe Company, 
Birmingham, AL; Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe Company, Phillipsburg, 
NJ; Canada Pipe Company, Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA; Clow Water Systems 
Company, Coshocton, OH; Griffin Pipe Products Company, Downers Grove, 
IL; McWane Cast Iron Pipe Company, Birmingham, AL; Pacific States Cast 
Iron Pipe Company, Provo, UT; and United States Pipe and Foundry 
Company, Inc., Birmingham, AL. The nature and objectives of the venture 
are (1) to research, develop, and promote innovations in the 
manufacturing, testing, standards development, and quality control of 
ductile iron pipe, fittings, and associated products; (2) to identify 
best practices in the ductile iron pipe and fittings manufacturing 
industry; and (3) to promote the exchange of technology among members 
of the joint venture. Each of these purposes, in turn, supports the 
overall objective of the joint venture, which shall be to produce 
products of enhanced quality at lower costs, in order to promote the 
future competitiveness of domestic ductile iron products.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 01-18898 Filed 7-27-01; 8:45 am]
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