[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 251 (Wednesday, December 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 80431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-31038]


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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

    Notice is hereby given that, on November 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''), the Petroleum Environmental 
Research Forum (``PERF'') 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, Veolia Water North America Operating 
Services, Inc., Chicago, IL 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 PERF intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On February 10, 1986, PERF 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 
March 14, 1986 (51 FR 8903).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on July 9, 
2008. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on July 31, 2008 (73 FR 44773).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E8-31038 Filed 12-30-08; 8:45 am]
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