[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 101 (Thursday, May 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 30485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10502]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--American Society of Mechanical Engineers

    Notice is hereby given that, on May 9, 2005, 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 Society of Mechanical 
Engineers (``ASME'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
additions or changes to its standards development activities. The 
notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the Act's 
provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual 
damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, since December 21, 
2004, ASME has revised several consensus committee charters; has 
published several new standards; and has initiated several new 
standards development projects, all within the general nature and scope 
of ASME's standards development activities, as specified in its 
original notification. More detail regarding these changes can be found 
at http://www.asme.org.
    On September 15, 2004, ASME filed its original notification 
pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice 
published a notice in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of 
the Act on October 13, 2004 (69 FR 60895).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on December 21, 
2004. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on February 11, 2005 (70 FR 7307).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-10502 Filed 5-25-05; 8:45 am]
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