[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51328-51329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18856]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant To The National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--NuStart Energy Development, LLC

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 19, 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''), NuStart Energy Development, LLC 
has filed written notifications simultaneously with the

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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 Southern Company 
Services, Birmingham, AL; EDF International North America, Inc., 
Washington, DC; Entergy Nuclear, Inc., Jackson, MS; Exelon Generation 
Company, LLC, Kennett Square, PA; Constellation Generation Company, 
LLC, Baltimore, MD; Duke Energy Corporation, Charlotte, NC; Progress 
Energy Service Company, LLC, Raleigh, NC; and Florida Power & Light 
Company, Juno Beach, FL. The venture has entered into certain 
contractual undertakings separately with Westinghouse Electric Company, 
Monroeville, PA and with General Electric Company, Fairfield, CT. 
Westinghouse Electric Company is wholly owned by British Nuclear Fuels 
plc, an English company. The nature and objectives of the venture are 
to submit a proposal to the United States Department of Energy's 
Solicitation DE-PS07-04ID-14435, and if the proposal is accepted, 
implement it. This Solicitation seeks proposals for a combined 
operating license demonstration, pursuant to 10 CFR, Part 52, Subpart 
C. Implementation of the proposal, if accepted, will require 
negotiating, entering into and implementing an agreement 
(``Agreement'') with the Department of Energy consistent with the 
proposal, and other contracts, subcontracts and actions as appropriate 
to implement the Agreement.
    Membership in this venture remains open, and NuStart Energy 
Development, LLC will file additional written notification disclosing 
any changes in membership.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-18856 Filed 8-17-04; 8:45 am]
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