[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 65227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25071]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--International Staple, Nail, and Tool 
Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 8, 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 International Staple, 
Nail, and Tool Association (``ISANTA'') 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: International 
Staple, Nail, and Tool Association, La Grange, IL. The nature and scope 
of ISANTA's standards development activities are: To develop, plan, 
establish and coordinate voluntary consensus standards applicable to 
safety requirements for portable hand-held compressed air powered tools 
which drive fasteners such as nails and staples on a national level 
(American National Standards). Through its standards development 
activities, ISANTA seeks to establish safety requirements for the 
design, construction, use and maintenance of portable hand-held 
compressed air-powered tools to guard against the injury of tool users 
and bystanders in the workplace. ISANTA also provides guidelines to 
manufacturers, owners, employers (including self-employed contractors), 
supervisors, purchasers, operators and other persons concerned with or 
responsible for safety in the workplace and assists in the promulgation 
of appropriate safety directives and safety training programs.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-25071 Filed 11-9-04; 8:45 am]
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