[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 16 (Thursday, January 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 3416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-314]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--National Biodiesel Accreditation Commission

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 3, 2007, 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 Biodiesel 
Accreditation Commission (``NBAC'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing additions or change to it standards development 
activities. the notifications were filed for the purpose of extending 
the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to 
actual damage under specified circumstances. Specifically, NBAC has 
amended various aspects of its BQ-9000 standard in several ways, 
including but not limited to: Lengthening the certification period; 
requiring an annual surveillance audit; requiring six months of full 
operation before an applicant may apply; amending the requirements of a 
desk audit; requiring the applicant to maintain a Document Status form; 
to track amendments to applicant's Quality Manual; lengthening the 
period of required recordkeeping; and separating the marketer and 
producer standards.
    On August 27, 2004, NBAC filed its original notification pursuant 
to Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice published a 
notice in Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the act on 
October 4, 2004 (69 FR 59269).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 07-314 Filed 1-24-07; 8:45 am]
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