[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 113 (Monday, June 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 28277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13928]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Sensory System for Critical Infrastructure 
Defect Recognition, Visualization and Failure Prediction

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 14, 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''), Sensory System for Critical 
Infrastructure Defect Recognition, Visualization and Failure Prediction 
(``Sensory System'') 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: ELXSI, Orlando, FL; Louisiana Tech University, 
Ruston, LA; and Beyond Vision, LLC, Ruston, LA. The general area of 
Sensory System's planned activity is to develop a novel, deep-
penetrating scanning system based on ultrawideband radar for inspecting 
buried infrastructure such as pipelines, tunnels, and culverts that can 
detect fractures, quantify corrosion and determine the presence of 
voids in the surrounding soil to ``see'' beyond the structure to 
prevent accidents. The technology provides analysis which cannot be 
detected by current pipe inspection. The sensory system would be used 
by dull engineers to rehabilitate and replace critical non-conductive 
infrastructure such as concrete bridges, concrete dams, sea walls, 
highways, runways and non-ferrous pipelines. The activities of this 
joint venture project will be partially funded by award 
7ONANB9H9009 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. E9-13928 Filed 6-12-09; 8:45 am]
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