[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 113 (Monday, June 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 28278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13925]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Joint Venture To Perform Project Entitled Next 
Generation SCADA for Prevention and Mitigation of Water System 
Infrastructure Disaster

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 22, 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 to Perform Project 
Entitled Next Generation SCAIJA for Prevention and Mitigation of Water 
System Infrastructure Disaster (``Next Generation SCADA'') has filed 
written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the 
Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties 
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: Earth Mechanics, Inc., Fountain Valley, CA; Irvine 
Ranch Water District, Irvine, CA; Orange County Sanitation District, 
Fountain Valley, CA; Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority, Riverside, 
CA and The Regents of the University of California, Irvine, CA.
    The general area of Next Generation SCADA's planned activity is to 
develop a novel monitoring and inspection system for large water pipe 
networks with the ability not only to detect a fracture or failure in a 
pipeline but also to evaluate in real time the remaining useful life at 
the original design capacity in the damaged system. This system will 
enable more effective and strategic planning of repair operations and 
maintenance. The project success will aid in extending the useful life 
and reliability of the water system infrastructure.
    The activities of this joint venture project will be partially 
funded by award 70NANB9H9013 from the Technology Innovation Program, 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of 
Commerce.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E9-13925 Filed 6-12-09; 8:45 am]
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