[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61865-61866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23509]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--ASTM International

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 14, 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''), ASTM International 
(``ASTM'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
name and principal place of

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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: ASTM 
International, West Conshohocken, PA. The nature and scope of ASTM's 
standards development activities are: ASTM International's 
Interlaboratory Crosscheck Programs provide participating laboratories 
with a statistical quality assurance (SQA) tool, enabling them to 
compare their performance in the use of ASTM methods against other 
laboratories worldwide. ASTM Committee D02 on Petroleum Products and 
Lubricants sponsors the programs and more than 600 published standards.
    For additional information, please contact Thomas B. O'Brien, Jr., 
General Counsel, at the above address, telephone  (610) 832-
9597, e-mail address [email protected].

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-23509 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am]
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