[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 189 (Thursday, September 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 60530]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24875]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Plastic Aerosol Research Group, L.L.C.

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 29, 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''), Plastic Aerosol Research 
Group, L.L.C. (``PARG'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
(1) the identities of the parties to the venture and (2) the nature and 
objectives of the venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose 
of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances.
    Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties 
to the venture are: Aerofil Technology Inc, Sullivan, MO; Aptar Beauty 
& Home, Cary, IL; Berry Plastics Corporation, Evansville, IN; Clorox 
Service Company, Ocala, FL; Diversified CPC International, Inc., 
Channahon, IL; Formulated Solutions, LLC, Largo, FL; Graham Packaging 
Company, L.P., York, PA; I-K-I Manufacturing Co., Inc., Edgerton, WI; 
KIK Custom Products, Danville, IL; Plastic Technologies, Inc., Holland, 
OH; Precision Valve Corporation, Yonkers, NY; The Procter & Gamble 
Company, Cincinnati, OH; Reckitt Benckiser, LLC, Parsippany, NJ; S.C. 
Johnson & Son, Inc., Racine, WI; and Summit Packaging Systems, Inc., 
Manchester, NY.
    The general area of PARG's planned activity is to generate tests, 
studies, assays, analyses, compilations, and other information 
regarding the transportation, manufacturing, and storage of plastic 
aerosol containers used to store specialty chemical household, personal 
care, and food and beverage products. PARG may work with a standard 
setting organization that may develop a document to meet 
standardization needs for such containers. Any standard developed would 
be informational and advisory only, and its use would be entirely 
voluntary.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-24875 Filed 9-28-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-11-M