[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 224 (Monday, November 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 67950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25847]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


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

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 16, 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''), Steel Tank Institute 
(``STI'') 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: Steel Tank 
Institute, Lake Zurich, IL. The nature and scope of STI's standards 
development activities are: To develop, promulgate and publish 
voluntary consensus standards, recommended practices and installation 
guidelines for the manufacture, installation, testing and inspection of 
underground and aboveground shop-fabricated steel storage tanks. STI 
standards ensure that underground and aboveground shop-fabricated steel 
storage tanks meet standards for safety and reliability so that users 
and other members of the public are assured that such tanks are 
properly manufactured, installed, tested and inspected. STI's voluntary 
consensus standards are developed by STI members and other interested 
parties who wish to participate in the process.
    Additional information concerning STI can be obtained from Wayne 
Geyer, Executive Director, STI, at (847) 438-8265 (ext. 234).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-25847 Filed 11-19-04; 8:45 am]
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