[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 27351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11455]


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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 March 04, 2011, 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, nature and objectives. 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, BP Offshore Response Company LLC, Houston, TX, has been 
added as a party to this venture. The changes in its nature and 
objectives are: (1) In furtherance of the venture's previously-
disclosed objectives, the previously-disclosed parties to MWCV have 
formed Marine Well Containment Company LLC (``MWCC LLC''), a Delaware 
limited liability company located in Houston, TX; and (2) in 
furtherance of the venture's previously-disclosed objectives, MWCC LLC 
and the parties to MWCV have entered into a System Development 
Agreement.
    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).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on September 
29, 2010. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act November 15, 2010 (75 FR 69705).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-11455 Filed 5-10-11; 8:45 am]
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