[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 21, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58539-58540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24001]


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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 Development and 
Validation of FlawPRO for Assessing Defect Tolerance of Welded Pipes 
Under Generalized High Strain Conditions

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 15, 2011, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Southwest Research 
Institute--Cooperative Research Group on Development and Validation of 
FlawPRO for Assessing Defect Tolerance of Welded Pipes Under 
Generalized High Strain Conditions (``FlawPRO-JIP'') has filed written 
notifications

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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, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.--PETROBRAS, Rio 
de Janeiro, BRAZIL; and Subsea 7 Limited, Surrey, UNITED KINGDOM, have 
been added as parties to this venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
productivity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and FlawPRO-JIP intends to file 
additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On May 17, 2011, FlawPRO-JIP 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 July 7, 2011 (76 FR 39901).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-24001 Filed 9-20-11; 8:45 am]
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