[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 245 (Thursday, December 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 76080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-24330]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--SWRI Biodiesel Fuel/Water Separation 
Cooperative R&D Program

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 6, 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''), SwRI Biodesel Fuel/Water 
Separation Cooperative R&D Program (``SwRI'') has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties to the 
venture and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. 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 identities of the parties 
to the venture are: Champion Laboratories, Albion, IL; Donaldson 
Company, Inc., Minneapolis, MN; Fleetguard, Inc., Cookeville, TN; 
Lydall Filtration/Separation Inc., Rochester, NH; and RACOR, Modesto, 
CA. In addition, SwRI wishes to disclose that the Department of Energy 
is providing financial assistance to the research project through its 
award of Contract No. SP0600-05-D-5502; Delivery Order No. 0003.
    The general area of SwRI's planned activity will be to evaluate the 
filtration performance of fuel filters composed of water repellent 
cellulose media, water repellant synthetic media, and water coalescer. 
The biodiesel diesel fuels used for this study will be produced from 
methyl soyate, yellow grease, and repeseed. Each test filter will be 
evaluated using the SAE J1488 emulsified test method at 0, 5, 12.5, and 
20% biodiesel fuel concentrations in ultra low sulfur diesel fuel. A 
Design of Experiment will be generated to ensure randomized testing.
    Membership in this group research project remains open, and the 
participants intend to file additional written notification disclosing 
all changes in membership or planned activities.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-24330 Filed 12-21-05; 8:45 am]
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