[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 37 (Monday, February 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10064-10065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-806]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Cooperative Research Group on Clean Diesel V

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 10, 2008, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the national Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Southwest Research 
Institute--Cooperative Research Group on Clean Diesel (``Clean Diesel 
V'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney 
General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identifies 
of the parties to the venture and (2) the nature and objectives of the 
venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose of involving 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: DAF Trucks, N.V., Einhoven, the Netherlands; 
Detroit Diesel Corporation, Detroit, MI; Eaton Corporation, Southfield, 
MI; Emitec, Lohmar, Germany; Exxon Mobil Corporation, Paulsboro, NJ; 
HILITE International, Cleveland, OH; Hitachi Automotive

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Systems, Advanced Technical Center, Ibaragi Prefecture, Japan; Jacobs 
Vehicle Systems, Bloomfield, CT; Komatsu/IPA, Tochigi-Ken, Japan; MAN 
Nutsfahrzeuge Aktiengesellschaft Geschaftseinheit Motoren, Nurnberg, 
Germany; NGK Insulators, Nagoya City, Japan; Usui Kokusai Sangyo 
Kaisha, Ltd., Shizuoka-ken, Japan; Valeo, Cedex, France and Woodward 
Governor Company, Loveland, CO.
    The general area of planned activities of Clean diesel V is to 
achieve NOX and HC level of 0.2g/hp-hr, PM level of 0.01g/
hp-hr and NMHC of 0.14 g/hp-hr over the U.S. transient heavy-duty test 
cycle and develop pre-competitive diesel engine technology through the 
investigation of the following technologies: Advanced low temperature 
combustion, advanced exhaust aftertreatment technology development, 
advanced fuels and lubricant formulations and advanced system controls. 
The goals are to maintain the fuel economy, CO2 emissions, 
and specific engine power output comparable to the best 2007 engines. 
European and Japanese test cycles, as well as off-highway and light-
duty test cycles will be included in evaluation of the developed 
technologies.
    Membership in this research group remains open, and the 
participants intend to file additional written notification disclosing 
all changes in membership or planned activities.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 08-806 Filed 2-22-08; 8:45 am]
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