[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 31, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 16178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7004]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Cooperative Research Group on Integrated 
Investigations of Faulting in Carbonate Strata

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 25, 2010, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Southwest Research 
Institute (``SwRI''): Cooperative Research Group on Integrated 
Investigations of Faulting in Carbonate Strata has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership, nature and 
objective. 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, 
ConocoPhillips Co., Houston, TX; and Shell International Exploration & 
Production, Inc., Houston, TX have withdrawn as parties to this 
venture. The changes in its nature and objectives are: The period of 
performance has been extended to December 31, 2011.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and the participants intend to file 
additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On September 10, 2007, Cooperative Research Group on Integrated 
Investigation of Faulting in Carbonate Strata 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 7, 2007 (72 FR 62870).

Patricia A. Prink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-7004 Filed 3-30-10; 8:45 am]
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