[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 61865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23520]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Appraisal Institute

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 7, 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 Appraisal Institute 
(``AI'') 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: Appraisal 
Institute, Chicago, IL. The nature and scope of AI's standards 
development activities are: to establish, maintain and publicize 
minimum requirements for AI membership and confer appropriate 
designations to properly qualified appraisers; to formulate and 
maintain a Code of Professional Ethics and Standards of Professional 
Practice for the real estate profession; to identify the body of 
knowledge in which the appraisal profession operates; and to establish, 
maintain and publicize educational standards for members.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-23520 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am]
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