[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 173 (Monday, September 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52958-52959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22756]


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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 August 14, 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''), Microcontaminant Reduction 
Venture has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in 
the project status. 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 parties to the Venture,

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KMG-Bernuth, Inc., Houston, TX, and Vulcan Materials Company, 
Birmingham, AL, have extended the term of the Venture from two to three 
years.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activities of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and Microcontaminant Reduction Venture 
intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes 
in membership.
    On June 13, 2001, Microcontaminant Reduction Venture 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 July 19, 2001 (66 FR 37709).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 03-22756 Filed 9-5-03; 8:45 am]
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