[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 10, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27278-27279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4337]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Halon Alternatives Research Corporation, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that on March 8, 2006, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Halon Alternatives

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Research Corporation, Inc. (``HARC'') 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, Aerojet, Rocket Research Company, Redmond, 
WA; Amerex Corporation, Trussville, AL; British Airways, Harmondsworth, 
UNITED KINGDOM; Chemetron Fire Systems, Matteson, IL; Firetrace USA, 
LLC, Scottsdale, AZ; H3R, Inc., Larkspur, CA; Honeywell, Buffalo, NY; 
Powsus, Inc., Fort Pierce, FL; Siemens, Florham Park, NJ; Fike 
Corporation, Blue Springs, MO; Fireline Corporation, Baltimore, MD; 
Ginge-Kerr Denmark A/S, Copenhagen, DENMARK; Halon Banking Systems, St. 
Paul, MN; Heien-Larssen AS, Spikkestad, NORWAY; Koatsu Company, Ltd., 
Hyogo, JAPAN; Metalcraft, Inc., Baltimore, MD; Modular Protection 
Group, Lenexa, KS; RemTec International, Holland, OH; and Superior 
Safety Inc., Thunderbay, Ontario, CANADA have been added as parties to 
this venture.
    Also, Chubb Fire Limited, Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex, UNITED 
KINGDOM; ICI Americas, Inc., Wilmington, DE; National Fire Protection 
Association, Quincy, MA; Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Anchorage, 
AK; ASCOA Fire Systems, Cleveland, OH; Atochem North America, Inc., 
Philadelphia, PA; Exxon Company, USA, Anchorage, AK; Fire and Safety 
International, Tokyo, JAPAN; MCI Telecommunications Corp., Washington, 
DC; Mobil Oil Corporation; Tokyo, JAPAN; Nissho Industries Ltd., Tokyo, 
JAPAN; North American Fire Guardian Technology, Inc., Vancouver, 
British Columbia, CANADA; Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., Chicago, IL; 
Yamato Protec Corp., Tokyo, JAPAN; AT&T Corporation, Basking Ridge, NJ; 
Dresser Industries, Berea, KY; Edison Electric Institute, Washington, 
DC; Jeng Dah Extinguisher Company, Ltd., Taipei, TAIWAN; Northern 
Telecom, Ltd., Mississauga, Ontario, CANADA; Phillips Petroleum, 
Bartlesville, OK; Shell International Petroleum Mij. B.V., The Hague, 
NETHERLANDS; Automatic Suppression Systems, South Holland, IL; 
Engineered Fire Systems, South Holland, IL; Engineered Fire Systems, 
Seattle, WA; Exxon Company, International, Florham Park, NJ; Fire 
Equipment Manufacturers Association, Cleveland, OH; Hi-Fog, Exton, PA; 
Northern States Power, Minneapolis, MN; Overland Aviation Services, St. 
Louis, MO; Pyrene Fire Security, Markham, Ontario, CANADA; Quantum 
Corporation, Milpitas, CA; Saab Aircraft AB, Linkoping, SWEDEN; 
Securiplex Technologies, Dorval, Quebec, CANADA; Silvani Antincendi 
Spa, Milan, ITALY; Solvay Performance Chemical, Inc., Greenwich, CT; 3H 
Taiwan Industries Corporation, Hsi Chih, Taipei Hsien, TAIWAN; AES-
Ntron, Exton, PA; Control Fire Systems, Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA; 
Fireboy-Xintex, Grand Rapids, MI; Gielle, Altamura, ITALY; Grinnell 
Corp., Cranston, RI; JN Johnson Sales & Service, Minneapolis, MN; 
Magnavox Electronic Systems Company, Fort Wayne, IN; New Mexico 
Engineering Research Inst., Albuquerque, NM; Norsk Hydro, Oslo, NORWAY; 
Pipeline Authority, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, AUSTRALIA; 
Taylor/Wagner Inc., Willowdale, Ontario, CANADA; and Union Camp 
Corporation, Savannah, GA have withdrawn as parties 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 HARC intends to file additional 
written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On February 7, 1990, HARC 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 
March 8, 1990 (55 FR 8204).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on August 4, 
1994. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on September 9, 1994 (59 FR 46662).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 06-4337 Filed 5-9-06; 8:45 am]
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