[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 73676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29827]


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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 November 2, 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''), 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 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, ConocoPhillips 
Company, Houston, TX, has been added as a party 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 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).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on August 15, 
2011. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on September 21, 2011 (76 FR 58539).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
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