[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 73 (Wednesday, April 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 18685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9291]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antritrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Water Heater Industry Joint Research and 
Development Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 3, 2003, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Water Heater Industry Joint 
Research and Development Consortium (``the Consortium'') filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership status and an 
extension of its term. 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, the membership of GSW Water Heating Company, a Division 
of GSW Inc., Fergus, Ontario, CANADA, has been transferred to GSW Water 
products Inc., a new wholly owned subsidiary of GSW Inc, Fergus, 
Ontario, CANADA. Also, the term of the Consortium has been changed as 
of February 20, 2003, from a term of eight years beginning February 27, 
1995, to a period of nine years beginning February 27, 1995.
    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 the Consortium intends to file 
additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On February 28, 1995, the Consortium 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 March 27, 1995 (60 FR 15789).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on March 4, 
2002. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on April 4, 2002 (67 FR 16125).

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 03-9291 Filed 4-15-03; 8:45 am]
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