[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 2946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1159]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to The National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Investigation of Soot Removal Testing Methods 
for Automotive Applications

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 17, 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''), Southwest Research 
Institute (``SwRI'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
changes in planned activities and in its membership. 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 Specifically, Baldwin Filters, Kearney, NE has withdrawn 
as a party to this venture, and the period of performance has been 
extended to December 31, 2003.
    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 Southwest Research Institute 
(``SwRI'') intends to file additional written notification disclosing 
all changes in membership.
    On September 23, 2002, Southwest Research Institute (``SwRI'') 
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 November 6, 2002 (67 FR 67650).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-1159 Filed 1-20-04; 8:45 am]
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