[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69392-69393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26197]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--American Public Transportation Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 22, 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''), American Public 
Transportation Association (``APTA'') 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

[[Page 69393]]

of involving 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: American 
Public Transportation Association, Washington, DC. The nature and scope 
of APTA's standards development activities are: APTA participates in 
five major voluntary standards development programs. These programs cut 
across all transit modes and are focused on key elements of transit 
operations and maintenance including the design of bus and rail 
vehicles, the development of operating practices, inspection and 
maintenance guidelines for vehicles and facilities, the 
interoperability and interchangeability of component systems and parts, 
as well as the adoption of definitions for data structures so that 
electronic components can exchange information.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-26197 Filed 11-26-04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-11-M