[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 165 (Friday, August 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50406-50407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16960]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--ASTM International--Standards

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 4, 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''), ASTM International--Standards 
(``ASTM'') has filed written notification simulatanously

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with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
additions or changes to its standards development activities. The 
notifications were filed for the purposes of extending the Act's 
provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual 
damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, ASTM has provided 
an updated list of current, ongoing ASTM standards activities 
originating after April 1, 2005, designated as Work Items. A complete 
listing of ASTM Work Items, along with a brief description of each, is 
available at http://www.astm.org.
    On September 15, 2004, ASTM 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 November 10, 2004 (69 FR 65226).
     The last notification was filed with the Department on April 12, 
2005. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on May 12, 2005 (70 FR 25110).
    For additional information, please contact: Thomas B. O'Brien, Jr., 
General Counsel, at ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West 
Conshohocken, PA 19428, telephone 610-832-9597, e-mail address 
[email protected].

Dorothy Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-16960 Filed 8-25-05; 8:45 am]
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