[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 5481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1970]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--American College of Surgeons

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 15, 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 College of 
Surgeons (``ACS'') 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: American 
College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL. The nature and scope of ACS's 
standards development activities are: Fellowship requirements; 
statements and guidelines on surgery, surgery practice and surgeon 
conduct; trauma guidelines, evaluation, management and education 
relating to trauma; and cancer standards, evaluation, management and 
education relating to cancer.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-1970 Filed 2-1-05; 8:45 am]
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