[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 198 (Tuesday, October 14, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 59197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25875]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Hot Metal Gas Forming Joint Venture (``HMGF'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 15, 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''), Hot Metal Gas Forming Joint 
Venture (``HMGF'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with 
the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
changes in its membership 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, Center for Automotive Research, Ann Arbor, MI has been 
added as a party to this venture. Also, Altarum Institute, Ann Arbor, 
MI has been dropped as a party to this venture.
    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 Hot Metal Gas Forming Joint Venture 
(``HMGF'') intends to file additional written notification disclosing 
all changes in membership.
    On December 21, 1998, Hot Metal Gas Forming Joint Venture 
(``HMGF'') 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 February 18, 1999 (64 
FR 8124).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on July 19, 
2002. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on August 13, 2002 (67 FR 52744).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 03-25875 Filed 10-10-03; 8:45 am]
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