[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 61869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23530]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--The National Board of Boiler and Pressure 
Vessel Inspectors

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 17, 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 Board of 
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors (``National Board'') 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: The National 
Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors, Columbus, OH. The 
nature and scope of the National Board's standards development 
activities are: securing concerted action and maintaining uniformity in 
the construction, installation, inspection, operation, repair and 
alteration of boilers, pressure vessels or other pressure retaining 
items and their appurtenances, thereby assuring acceptance and 
interchangeability among jurisdictional authorities.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-23530 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am]
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