[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 20, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 43348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18024]


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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 June 7, 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. 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, Apache Deepwater LLC, Houston, TX; Anadarko Offshore Well 
Containment Company LLC, The Woodlands, TX; BHP Billiton Petroleum 
(Deepwater) Inc., Houston, TX; Statoil Gulf of Mexico Response Company 
LLC, Houston, TX, and Hess Offshore Response Company LLC, Houston, TX, 
have been added as parties to this venture.
    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 March 4, 
2011. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on May 11, 2011 (76 FR 27351).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-18024 Filed 7-19-11; 8:45 am]
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