[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 240 (Thursday, December 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 74333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-24092]


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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 November 25, 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 July 
29, 2005, ASME has published several new standards, has initiated 
several new standards development projects, and has initiated a new 
conformity assessment program, 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 August 2, 
2005. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on August 26, 2005 (70 FR 50406).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-24092 Filed 12-14-05; 8:45 am]
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