[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 31, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30960-30961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4944]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, 
Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on May 3, 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''), National Center for Manufacturing 
Sciences, Inc. (``NCMS'') 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, ASME Standards Technology, LLC, New York, 
NY; Digital Wave Corporation Centennial, CO; Dow Chemical Company, 
Midland, MI; EADS North America Defense Test & Services, Inc., Irving, 
CA; Lincoln Composites, Inc., Lincoln, NE; NextEnergy Center, Detroit, 
MI; and TransCanada CNG Technologies Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, Canada 
have been added as parties to this venture. Also, Adept Technology, San 
Jose, CA; Alfalight, Inc., Madison, WI; H&R Technologies, Lowell, MA; 
Len Industries, Inc., Leslie, MI; Liquid Impact, LLC, Greenville, MI; 
PCC Structurals Inc., Portland, OR; Robotic Vision Systems, Inc., 
Huntsville, PA; and Technology Answers, Inc., San Jose, CA 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withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 NCMS intends to file additional 
written notification disclosing all changes in membership.

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    On February 20, 1987, NCMS 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 17, 1987 (52 FR 8375).
    The last notification was filed with the Department of Justice on 
January 17, 2006. A notice was published in the Federal Register 
pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on February 8, 2006 (71 FR 6523).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 06-4944 Filed 5-30-06; 8:45 am]
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