[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61870-61871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23505]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--National Roofing Contractors Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 10, 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''), the National Roofing 
Contractors Association (``NRCA'') 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: National 
Roofing Contractors Association, Rosemont, IL. The nature and scope of 
NRCA's standards development activities are: To develop, plan, 
establish, and coordinate voluntary consensus standards applicable to a 
variety of constructed roof systems. In particular, NRCA is in the 
process of facilitating a long-term roofing industry initiative to 
develop and maintain suitable performance criteria for constructed roof 
systems. In order to achieve this initiative, NRCA has established a 
committee (referred to as PCCRS) made up of representatives from the 
roofing industry that will be responsible for developing voluntary 
consensus standards applicable to constructed roof systems. Through its 
standards development activities, NRCA seeks to enhance and build upon 
existing roofing-related standards by developing and maintaining 
suitable performance criteria applicable to a wide range of complete 
roof systems. Such performance criteria are intended to provide roofing 
industry professionals and building owners with a consensus opinion 
defining the attributes of a wide variety of successful, long-term roof 
systems.
    Additional information concerning NRCA's standards development 
activities may be obtained from Mark Graham, Associate Executive 
Director for Technical Services, National Roofing

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Contractors Association, at (847) 299-9070.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-23505 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am]
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