[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 58 (Thursday, March 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 15382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6657]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust 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 February 26, 2004, 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 a change in its 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 term of the Consortium has been 
changed as of February 21, 2004 from a term of nine years beginning 
February 27, 1995 to a period of ten 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 3, 
2003. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on April 16, 2003 (68 FR 18658).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-6657 Filed 3-24-04; 8:45 am]
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