[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 57 (Monday, March 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 13662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7028]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Center for Waste Reduction Technologies (CWRT): 
Solvent Selection Guide

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 7, 2002, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. et seq. (``the Act''), CWRT: Solvent Selection Guide 
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 identities of the parties are Center for Waste Reduction 
Technologies (``CWRT''), New York, NY; Cytec Industries Inc., West 
Paterson, NJ; The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI; E.I. du Pont de 
Nemours & Company, Wilmington, DE; GalxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, 
PA; Pharmacia, Peapack, NJ; Pfizer Corporation, New London, CT; and 
Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, PA. The nature and objectives of 
the venture are to develop solvent selection tools to facilitate the 
selection of solvent candidates in early compound development, make 
life cycle EHS impacts/issues visible for each solvent candidate, 
facilitate process optimization in late compound development, explore 
solvent mixtures that do not introduce additional complexity into 
managing solvents, and explore designer solvent possibilities.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 02-7028 Filed 3-22-02; 8:45 am]
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