[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78908-78909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30669]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--ASTM International Standards

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 9, 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''), the American Society of 
ASTM International (``ASTM'') 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, ASTM has 
provided an updated list of current, ongoing ASTM standards activities 
originating between September 2014 and December 2014 designated as Work 
Items. A complete listing of ASTM Work Items along with a brief 
description of each, is available at http://www.astm.org.

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    On September 15, 2004, ASTM 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 10, 2004 (69 FR 65226).
    The last notification with the Attorney General was filed on 
September 11, 2014. A notice was filed in the Federal Register on 
October 9, 2014 (79 FR 61098).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-30669 Filed 12-30-14; 8:45 am]
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