[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 45580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6776]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--National Conference of Standards Laboratories

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 7, 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 Conference of Standards 
Laboratories (``NCSL'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
(1) the name and principal place of business of the standards 
development organization and (2) the nature and scope of its standards 
development activities. 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 name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: National 
Conference of Standards Laboratories, Boulder, CO. The nature and scope 
of NCSL's standards development activities are: To develop and maintain 
standards for the operation and design of calibration laboratories, 
requirements for the control and use of measuring and test equipment, 
and requirements or guides for metrological functions associated with 
calibration laboratories and/or measuring and test equipment. These 
standards may be new development projects or may be based upon current 
ISO/IEC standards or guides, other international standards, recommended 
practices developed by NCSL or other industry good practices.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 06-6776 Filed 8-8-06; 8:45 am]
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