[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 246 (Friday, December 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77061-77062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9833]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Tree Care Industry Association, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on November 27, 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''), Tree Care Industry 
Association, Inc. (``TCIA'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing additions or changes to its standards development

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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, TCIA 
recently finalized and adopted four standards: BSR A300 Part 5 
Management of Trees and Shrubs--Standard Practices (Management of Trees 
and Shrubs During Site Planning, Site Development, and Construction); 
BSR A300 Part 6 Transplanting; PINS A300 Part 7 Integrated Vegetation 
Management; and TCIA Accreditation Council Standards for Accreditation 
Draft 5 Version 2.
    On September 8, 2004, TCIA 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 4, 2004 (69 FR 59271).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 06-9833 Filed 12-22-06; 8:45 am]
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