[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 64104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24573]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Compressed Gas Association, Inc.

    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''), Compressed Gas Association, 
Inc. (``CGA'') 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 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: Compressed 
Gas Association, Inc., Chantilly, VA. The nature and scope of CGA's 
standards development activities are: the development and promotion of 
standards for safe and environmentally responsible practices in the 
industrial and medical gas industry. More than 135 CGA member companies 
worldwide work together through a committee system to create technical 
specifications, safety standards, and training and educational 
materials for the manufacture, storage, transportation and distribution 
of industrial gases, cryogenic liquids, and related products. CGA's 
activities encompass industrial, medical and specialty gases in 
compressed or liquefied form, and a range of gas handling equipment.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-24573 Filed 11-2-04; 8:45 am]
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