[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 48 (Friday, March 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10966-10967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-5272]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to The National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--ASTM International

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 17, 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''), ASTM International 
(``ASTM'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing additions 
or changes to its standards development activities. The notifications 
were filed for the purpose of extending the Act's provisions limiting 
the recovery of antitrust

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plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Specifically, ASTM has provided an updated list of current, ongoing 
ASTM standards activities originating between December 2008 and 
February 2009 designated as Work Items. A complete listing of ASTM Work 
Items, along with a brief description of each, is available at http://www.astm.org.
    On September 15, 2004, ASTM 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 November 10, 2004 (69 FR 65226).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on December 9, 
2008. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on February 3, 2009 (74 FR 5948).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E9-5272 Filed 3-12-09; 8:45 am]
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