[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 62867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5567]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to The National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Petroleum Environmental Research Forum Project 
No. 2004-06

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 15, 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''), Petroleum Environmental Research 
Forum (``PERF'') Project No. 2004-06 has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties to the venture 
and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. 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 identities of the parties 
to the venture are: BP Products North America Inc., Naperville, IL; 
Citgo Petroleum Corporation, Lemont, IL; ConocoPhillips Company, 
bartlesville, OK; Marathon Petroleum Company LLC, Findlay, OH; YPF 
S.A., Mendoza, ARGENTINA; and Total France, Paris, FRANCE. The general 
area of PERF Project 2004-06's planned activity is to reduce desalter 
environmental impacts.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 07-5567 Filed 11-06-07; 8:45 am]
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