[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 5573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2383]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Portland Cement Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on January 6, 2012, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Portland Cement Association 
(``PCA'') 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, W. L. Gore, Newark, DE, has been added as a party to this 
venture. Also, Texas-Lehigh Cement Company, Buda, TX; Arizona Cement 
Association, Phoenix, AZ; Concrete Promotion Council of Northern 
California, Roseville, CA; and Slag Cement Association, Sugar Land, TX, 
have withdrawn as parties to this venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and PCA intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On January 7, 1985, PCA 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 February 
5, 1985 (50 FR 5015).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on May 12, 
2011. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on June 13, 2011 (76 FR 34252).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-2383 Filed 2-2-12; 8:45 am]
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