[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 28 (Friday, February 11, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7306-7307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2727]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--American Industrial Hygiene Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 17, 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 Industrial Hygiene 
Association (``AIHA'') 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 
Industrial Hygiene Association, Fairfax, VA. The nature and scope of 
AIHA's standards development activities are: development of standards 
for the design, operation, and maintenance of equipment to provide a 
safe atmosphere in industrial, manufacturing, or construction 
operations by removing harmful substances by either local exhaust or 
general ventilation and safely disposing of such substances, and such 
supplementary standards on personal protection as may be necessary to 
prescribe methods for the protection of workers. AIHA also develops a 
standard of management principles and systems to help organizations 
design and implement deliberate and documented approaches to 
continuously improve their occupational health and safety (OHS) 
performance. This standard will enable organizations to integrate OHS 
management into their overall business management systems, focusing on 
principles that are broadly applicable to organizations of all sizes 
and types, not on detailed specifications. The standard will be 
compatible with relevant OHS,

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environmental and quality management standards, and with approaches to 
OHS management in common use in the U.S. AIHA also develops safe 
practices and requirements for using respirators for the protection of 
the respiratory system from the inhalation of particulate matter, 
oxygen deficiencies, noxious gases and vapors. AIHA also develops 
programs, practices, procedures and equipment related to industrial 
respiratory protection.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director or Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-2727 Filed 2-10-05; 8:45 am]
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