[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 4423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1243]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Portland Cement Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 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''), Portland Cement Association 
(``PCA'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in 
its membership. The notifications were filed for the purpose of 
extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Specifically, Continental Cement, Hannibal, MO has been added as a 
party to this venture. Also, the following parties have withdrawn from 
this venture: ABB, Incorporated, Wickliffe, OH; Air Products and 
Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA; LWB Refractories, York, PA; MikroPul, 
Charlotte, NC; Penta Engineering Corporation, St. Louis, MO; Gebr. 
Pfeiffer USA, Inc., Pembroke Pines, FL and River, Columbus, OH.
    In addition, the following companies have changed their names: 
Hanson Permanente Cement, Pleasanton, CA to Lehigh Hanson; Rinker 
Materials Corporation, West Palm Beach, FL to CEMEX; St. Lawrence 
Cement Inc., Mount Royal, PQ, CANADA to Holcim Canada.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in each project 
remains open, and PCA intends to file additional written notification 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On January 7, 1985, PCA 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 February 
5, 1985 (50 FR 5015).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on May 18, 
2009. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on August 9, 2009 (74 FR 30327).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-1243 Filed 1-26-10; 8:45 am]
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