[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 60 (Thursday, March 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 19009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07134]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--International Association of Plumbing and 
Mechanical Officials

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 11, 2013, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), International Association of 
Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (``IAPMO'') has filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing additions or changes to its standards 
development activities. 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, the nature and scope of IAPMO's standards development 
activities are to provide for the erection, installation, alteration, 
repair, relocation, replacement, addition to, use, or maintenance of 
solar energy, geothermal, and hydronic systems including but not 
limited to equipment and appliances intended for space heating or 
cooling; water heating; swimming pool heating or process heating; and 
snow and ice melt systems.
    On September 14, 2004, IAPMO 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 November 29, 2004 (69 FR 69396).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on December 10, 
2004. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on February 2, 2005 (70 FR 5485).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-07134 Filed 3-27-13; 8:45 am]
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