[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 61864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23504]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant To the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--American Society of Agricultural Engineers

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 21, 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''), American Society of 
Agricultural Engineers (``ASAE'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of business of 
the standards development organization and (2) the nature and scope of 
its standards development activities. 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 name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: American 
Society of Agricultural Engineers, St. Joseph, MI. The nature and scope 
of ASAE's standards development activities are: ASAE serves as the 
primary U.S. developer of standards, engineering practices and data 
(collectively referred to as standards) for engineering applicable to 
agricultural, food, and biological systems. The scope of these 
documents encompasses, but is not limited to, the following subject 
areas: agricultural equipment; biological and biological systems 
engineering; natural resources management; irrigation and drainage; 
agricultural structures and environment; livestock production; food and 
bioprocess engineering; information and electrical technologies; forest 
engineering; energy production and distribution for agricultural 
locales and operations; renewable fuels and biomass; aquacultural 
engineering; nursery and greenhouse operations; and agricultural safety 
and rural health.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-23504 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am]
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