[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 37 (Thursday, February 26, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 8811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4028]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Electric Utility Industry Sustainable Supply 
Chain Alliance, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 2, 2009, 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 Electric Utility 
Industry Sustainable Supply Chain Alliance, Inc. (``the Alliance'') has 
filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General 
and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal 
place of business of the standards development organization and (2) the 
nature and scope of its standards development activities. 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 name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: Electric 
Utility Industry Sustainable Supply Chain Alliance, Inc., Raleigh, NC. 
The nature and scope of the Alliance's standards development activities 
are to improve the environmental performance of participants in the 
supply chains utilized by electric utilities, focusing on the 
development of voluntary consensus standards for evaluating the 
following: the environmental attributes of key materials and services 
provided to the electric utility industry; the environmental 
performance of suppliers to the electric utility industry; and the 
environmental performance of an electric utility industry company's 
supply chain operations.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E9-4028 Filed 2-25-09; 8:45 am]
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