[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 69396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26222]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--International Association of Plumbing and 
Mechanical Officials

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 14, 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''), International Association 
of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (``IAPMO'') 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 
Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, Ontario, CA. The 
nature and scope of IAPMO's standards development activities are: The 
development of minimum standards and requirements to safeguard life or 
limb, health, property and public welfare by regulating and controlling 
the design, construction, installation, quality of materials, location, 
operation and maintenance or use of plumbing, heating, ventilating, 
cooling, refrigeration systems, incinerators, and other miscellaneous 
heat producing appliances. The activity also includes the development 
of performance standards for synthetic organic plumbing fixtures and 
standards for the composition, dimensions, and/or mechanical and 
physical properties of materials, fixtures, devices and equipment used 
or installed in plumbing or mechanical systems.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-26222 Filed 11-26-04; 8:45 am]
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