[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-138]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--International Window Cleaning Association

    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''), International Window 
Cleaning Association (``IWCA'') 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 
Window Cleaning Association, Alexandria, VA. The nature and scope of 
IWCA's standards development activities are: standards that focus on 
safety guidelines for the use of window cleaning access equipment and 
the manufacture, design and installation of window cleaning access 
equipment. The IWCA develops standards through the IWCA I-14 Committee, 
which includes three categories of groups for whom standards are 
relevant: ``Users'' or window cleaners; ``Producers'' or manufacturers 
of equipment; and those with ``General Interest,'' or safety 
consultants, designers, regulatory officials, and associations of 
building and contracting officials.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-138 Filed 1-4-05; 8:45 am]
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