[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 189 (Monday, September 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 56611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22663]



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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 Development and 
Evaluation of a Gas Chromatograph Testing Protocol

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 26, 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 Development and Evaluation of 
a Gas Chromatograph Testing Protocol (``GCTP'') has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership. 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, EffeTech, Ltd., 
Staffordshire, UNITED KINGDOM has been added as a party to this 
venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and GCTP intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On March 6, 2008, GCTP filed its original notification pursuant to 
Section6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice published a notice in 
the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on April 7, 
2008 (73 FR 18813).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on June 4, 
2008. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on July 16, 2008 (73 FR 40882).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E8-22663 Filed 9-26-08; 8:45 am]
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