[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 198 (Thursday, October 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63659-63660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26430]


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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 Pre-Ignition 
Prevention Program

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 13, 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''), Southwest Research 
Institute--Cooperative Research Group on Pre-Ignition Prevention 
Programs (``P3'') 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: Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI; GM Global 
Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI; Honda, Tochigi, Japan; 
Infineum, Linden, NJ; PCA Peugeot Citroen Automobiles, Veliz-
Villacoublay Cedex, France; Suzuki Motor Corporation, Hamamatsu City, 
Japan; and Toyota, Aichi, Japan. The general area of P3's planned 
activity is to develop a fundamental understanding of the factors that 
lead to low speed pre-ignition (LSPI), and design a solution to 
eliminate it. Secondary objectives are to understand the effect of lube 
oil properties and their interaction with fuel on LSPI, understand how 
hardware design can be used to mitigate the effect of lube oil on LSPI, 
and develop fuel and/or lube specification and test methodology that 
allows P3 to identify fluids that improve LSPI performance. Membership 
in this group research project remains open, and P3 intends to file 
additional written

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notification disclosing all changes in membership or planned 
activities.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-26430 Filed 10-12-11; 8:45 am]
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