[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 42212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15873]


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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 June 15, 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''), Microcontaminant Reduction 
Venture has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in 
its 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, KMG-Bernuth, Inc., Houston, 
TX, and Vulcan Materials Company, Birmingham, AL, have extended the 
term of the Venture from three to four years.
    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 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).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on August 14, 
2003. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on September 8, 2003 (68 FR 52958).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-15873 Filed 7-13-04; 8:45 am]
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