[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 9767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03614]


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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 
2011-06

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 19, 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''), Petroleum Environmental 
Research Forum Project 2011-06 (``Project 2011-06'') 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 Chevron U.S.A. Inc., San Ramon, CA; Phillips 66 
Company, Houston, TX; Total SA, Paris La Defense, FRANCE; ExxonMobil 
Research and Engineering Company, Fairfax, VA; and BP Products North 
America, Inc., Naperville, IL. The general area of Project 2011-06's 
planned activity is that Chevron, Phillips 66, Total, ExxonMobil, and 
BP are jointly undertaking Project 2011-06 to realize efficiencies in 
understanding and improving cooling tower PM emission measurement and 
estimation methods.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-03614 Filed 2-19-14; 8:45 am]
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