[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 67 (Monday, April 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 17582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-1724]


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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 March 13, 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''), 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 December 
2006 and February 2007, 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 December 14, 
2006. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on January 25, 2007 (72 FR 3415).
    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. 07-1724 Filed 4-6-07; 8:45 am]
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