[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5484-5485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1976]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Hardwood Plywood & Veneer 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''), Hardwood Plywood & Veneer 
Association (``HPVA'') 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

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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: Hardwood 
Plywood & Veneer Association, Reston, VA. The nature and scope of 
HPVA's standards development activities are: establishment of the 
American National Standard for Hardwood and Decorative Plywood, and the 
American National Standard for Engineered Wood Flooring. The Standard 
for Hardwood and Decorative Plywood covers the principal types, face 
grades, back grades, inner ply grades and constructions of plywood made 
primarily with hardwood faces, formaldehyde emissions for hardwood 
plywood and certain reconstituted wood wall panels. Included are 
requirements for wood species and veneer grading; lumber, particle 
board, medium density fiberboard, and hardboard cores; bond line 
performance; panel construction; moisture content; and panel dimensions 
and tolerances. The standard provides producers, distributors, 
architects, contractors, builders and users with a common basis for 
understanding the characteristics of these products.
    The Standard for Engineered Wood Flooring covers requirements for 
grading, moisture content, machining, bond line construction, 
formaldehyde emissions, and finish of engineered wood flooring. This 
standard is intended to provide producers, distributors, and users with 
a description of the characteristics and the basis for the manufacture 
and sale of these products.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-1976 Filed 2-1-05; 8:45 am]
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