[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 158 (Friday, August 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48251-48252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19322]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--American Wood Protection Association, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 7, 2014, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), American Wood Protection 
Association, Inc. (``AWPA'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of business of 
the standards development organization and (2) the nature and scope of 
its standards development activities. 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 name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: American Wood

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Protection Association, Inc., Birmingham, AL. The nature and scope of 
AWPA's standards development activities are: to develop standards for 
products and processes which improve resistance of wood to degradation, 
standards for preserved wood products, standards for evaluation of wood 
protectants, chemical analysis methods, quality control procedures, and 
other miscellaneous related standards.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-19322 Filed 8-14-14; 8:45 am]
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