[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 57 (Thursday, March 26, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 13227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6378]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Joint Venture Under Tip Award No. 70NANB9H9007

    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'') Joint Venture under TIP 
Award No. 70NANB9H9007 (``70NANB9H9007'') has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties to the 
venture and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. 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 identities of the parties 
to the venture are: Mistras Group Inc. DEA Physical Acoustics 
Corporation, Princeton Junction, NJ; University of Miami, Coral Gables, 
FL; University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; and Virginia 
Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA.
    The general area of 70NANB9H9007's planned activity is to perform 
cooperative research for developing a self-powered wireless sensor 
network for structural bridge health prognosis.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E9-6378 Filed 3-25-09; 8:45 am]
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