[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 219 (Monday, November 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 69705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28558]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Marine Well Containment Venture

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 29, 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''), Marine Well Containment 
Venture (``MWCV'') 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, new entities are now participating in the MWCV. Pursuant 
to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the new entities 
participating in the venture are: Chevron Gulf of Mexico Response Co. 
LLC, Houston, TX; ConocoPhillips Marine Containment Holdings Co. LLC, 
Houston, TX; ExxonMobil Offshore Well Containment LLC, Houston, TX; and 
Shell Offshore Response Co. LLC, Houston, TX.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the venture. The composition of members in this venture may 
change, and MWCV intends to file additional written notifications 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On August 18, 2010, MWCV 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 
October 12, 2010 (75 FR 62570).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-28558 Filed 11-12-10; 8:45 am]
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