[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61869-61870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23518]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--National Fire Protection Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 20, 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''), National Fire Protection 
Association (``NFPA'') 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 Fire 
Protection Association, Quincy, MA. The nature and scope of NFPA's 
standards development activities are: NFPA develops close to 300 
standards (variously denominated as Codes, Standards, Guides, and 
Recommended Practices) in a broad

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range of fields related to fire and electrical safety, safety in 
buildings and structures, life safety as well as other fields related 
to the safeguarding of life and property. NFPA standards cover an array 
of subjects including, but not limited to, prevention of and protection 
from fire, explosion, electricity, lightning and other hazards; test 
methods; design, installation and maintenance of fire protection and 
other safety systems; professional qualifications for enforcement 
officials and fire, medical and other emergency personnel; accident 
prevention; premises security; safety in buildings and other structures 
and locations; chemical and hazardous materials storage and handling; 
and a variety of subjects related to fire, medical and other emergency 
services including safety and health, training, organization, 
deployment and operations, and protective clothing and equipment. NFPA 
also engages in several conformity assessment activities using NFPA 
standards. These include several professional certification programs 
supporting the fire protection, fire service, building, and electrical 
inspection professions.
    NFPA standards are developed by approximately 240 different 
Technical Committees (including committees known as Technical 
Correlating Committees that head multi-committee projects), and these 
Committees are the principal consensus-developed bodies within the NFPA 
standards development process. The full scope of NFPA's standards 
activities are reflected in the scope statements of NFPA Technical 
Committees and in NFPA standards that have been issued or are under 
development. This information together with other information showing 
the nature and scope of NFPA's standards development activities are 
available directly from NFPA, to the attention of Casey C. Grant, 
Assistant Vice President, Codes and Standards Administration, at the 
above address, telephone (617) 984-7241, e-mail [email protected]. NFPA 
also maintains current information about its standards development 
activities on its Web site at http://www.nfpa.org. For additional 
information, please contact: Maureen Brodoff, Vice President & General 
Counsel, at the above address, telephone (617) 984-7256, e-mail 
mbrodoff@nfpa. org.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-23518 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am]
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