[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 16 (Thursday, January 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 3415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-317]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--ASTM International--Standards

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 14, 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''), ASTM International--
Standards (``ASTM'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
additions or changes to its standards development 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, ASTM has provided 
an updated list of current, ongoing ASTM standards activities 
originating between September 2006 and December 2006, designated as 
Work Items. A complete listing of ASTM Work Items, along with a brief 
description of each, is available at http://www.astm.org.
    On September 15, 2004, ASTM 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 November 10, 2004 (69 FR 65226).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on September 
28, 2006. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on October 20, 2006 (71 FR 34644).
    For additional information, please contact: Thomas B. O'Brien, Jr., 
General Counsel, at 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, 
telephone 610-832-9597, e-mail address [email protected].

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 07-317 Filed 1-24-07; 8:45 am]
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