[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 87 (Friday, May 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 26583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10803]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Petroleum Environmental Research Forum Project 
No. 2011-01, Ultra Low Nutrient Control in Wastewater Effluents

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 9, 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''), Petroleum Environmental Research 
Forum (PERF) Project No. 2011-01, Ultra Low Nutrient Control in 
Wastewater Effluents (``PERF Project No. 2011-01'') 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: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, 
Fairfax, VA; BP Products North America Inc., Naperville, IL; Chevron 
U.S.A. Inc., acting through its Chevron Energy Technology Company 
Division, San Ramon, CA; ConocoPhillips Company, Bartlesville, OK; 
Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc., Houston, TX; and Total S.A., Paris, 
FRANCE. The general area of PERF Project No. 2011-01's planned activity 
is, through cooperative research efforts, to explore technical options 
to achieve ultra-low nutrient discharge requirements that are 
developing in some areas by sharing company experience on existing 
methodologies for controlling/removing nutrients from wastewater, and 
engaging a third party consultant to summarize current state of the 
technologies and understand their feasibility and limitations.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-10803 Filed 5-3-12; 8:45 am]
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