[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 165 (Friday, August 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 50407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16957]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Joint Research and Development Program for the 
Advancement of In Situ Bioremediation Technologies

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 1, 2005, pursuant section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Joint Research and Development 
Program for the Advancement of In Situ Bioremediation Technologies 
(``Bioremediation Consortium'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership. 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, Honeywell International Inc., Phoenix, AZ 
has been added as a party to this venture. Also, W.S. Atkins 
Consultants Ltd., Epsom, United Kingdom has withdrawn as a party to 
this venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and Bioremediation Consortium intends to 
file additional written notification disclosing all changes in 
membership.
    On March 11, 2005, Bioremediation Consortium 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 April 19, 2005 (70 FR 20400).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-16957 Filed 8-25-05; 8:45 am]
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