[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 90 (Monday, May 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 25923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10490]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Southwest Research Institute: Clean Diesel IV

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 6, 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''), Southwest Research Institute 
(``SwRI''): Clean Diesel IV has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) The identities of the parties and (2) the 
nature and objectives of the venture. The notifications were filed for 
the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of 
antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties are 
Aramco Services Company, Houston, TX; BorgWarner, Inc., Auburn Hills, 
MI; BP America Inc., La Palma, CA; Caterpillar, Inc., Mossville, IL; 
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY; DAF Trucks, N.V., Eindhoven, 
NETHERLANDS; Delphi Automotive Systems, Troy, MI; Detroit Diesel 
Corporation, Detroit, MI; Eaton Corporation, Southfield, MI; Emitec, 
Inc., Auburn Hills, MI; ExxonMobil Corporation, Paulsboro, NJ; Ford 
Motor Company, Dearborn, MI; Hilite International, Inc., Cleveland, OH; 
Honeywell Turbocharging Systems, Torrance, CA; Hyundai Motor Company 
and Kia Motors Corporation, Gyunggi-Do, REPUBLIC OF KOREA; 
International Truck and Engine Company, Melrose Park, IL; Iveco 
Motorenforschung AG, Arbon, SWITZERLAND; Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc., 
Bloomfield, CT; John Deere Product Engineering Center, Deere and 
Company, Waterloo, IA; Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc., 
Farmington Hills, MI; Norstar Founders Group, Ltd., Causeway Bay, Hong 
Kong, HONG KONG-CHINA; Shell Global Solutions, Houston, TX; Senior 
Automotive, Bartlett, IL; USUI Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd., Shizuoka-
ken, JAPAN; and Volvo Powertrain, Cedex, FRANCE.
    The purpose and nature of the venture is to achieve NOX 
and HC levels of 0.2g/hp-hr, PM level of 0.01 g/hp-hr and NMHC of 0.14 
g/hp-hr over the U.S. transient heavy-duty test cycle and develop pre-
competitive diesel engine technology through the investigation of the 
following technologies: fuel economy, CO2, specific engine 
power comparable to the best 2003 engines, diesel fuel with 
specifications representative of diesel fuel available in 2007, 
European and Japanese test cycles, off-highway and light-duty test 
cycles and, as appropriate for the light-duty engine, the program goal 
will be the equivalent of the US TIER-II standard.
    Membership in this research group remains open, and the 
participants intend to file additional written notification disclosing 
all changes in membership or planned activities.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-10490 Filed 5-7-04; 8:45 am]
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