[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-142]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Central Station Alarm Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 20, 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''), Central Station Alarm 
Association (``CSAA'') 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: Central 
Station Alarm Association, Vienna, VA. The nature and scope of CSAA's 
standards development activities are: The development of American 
National Standards specific to industry practice and conduct for the 
monitoring of electronic security systems. These standards shall apply 
to all operations of security system monitoring, and to the monitoring 
of all types of electronic systems which provide as their primary 
function the protection and safeguard of life, property, or 
information. These standards shall include standardization terms and 
definitions, specifications, requirements, procedures, and methods 
which apply to monitoring facilities, personnel, operators, and 
situation handling.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-142 Filed 1-4-05; 8:45 am]
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