[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 22, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 22551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09321]



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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 High Efficiency 
Dilute Gasoline Engine III

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 19, 2015, 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 High-Efficiency Dilute Gasoline Engine 
III (``HEDGE III'') 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: Borgwarner, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI; Caterpillar, 
Inc., Peoria, IL; Chrysler Group, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI; Continental 
Automotive GMBH, Regensburg, GERMANY; Cummins, Inc., Columbus, IN; 
Delphi Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI; Denso International America, 
Inc., Southfield, MI; Diamond Electric, Dundee, MI; Eaton Corporation, 
Southfield, MI; Federal Mogul, Plymouth, MI; Ford Motor Company, 
Dearborn, MI; GM Global Technology Operations, LLC, Detroit, MI; 
Hitachi America, Ltd., Farmington Hills, MI; Honda R&D, Tochigi, JAPAN; 
Honeywell International, Inc., Torrance, CA; Hyundai Motor Company, 
Seoul, KOREA; IHI Corporation, Yokohama, JAPAN; Jaguar Land Rover, 
Coventry, UNITED KINGDOM; Lubrizol Corporation, Wickliffe, OH; NGK 
Spark Plug Company, Nagoya, JAPAN; Peugeot Citroen Automobiles, Velizy-
Villacoublay, Cedex, FRANCE; Renault, Boulogne Billancourt, FRANCE; 
Sejong Industrial Co., Ltd., Kyounggi-do, KOREA; Tenneco Automotive 
Operating Co., Inc., Grass Lake, MI; Toyota Motor Corporation, 
Shizuoka, JAPAN; Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Herndon, VA; and 
Woodward, Inc., Fort Collins, CO.
    The general area of HEDGE III's planned activity is to develop the 
most cost-effective solutions for future gasoline engine applications. 
The emissions goals include the most stringent regulations in each of 
the three developed markets, Asia, Europe, and North America. HEDGE III 
will target the LEV III standards and extensively investigate cold-
start technologies and monitor PM/PN emissions on a regular basis. The 
efficiency goals include both practical thermal efficiency targets, in 
terms of BSFC goals on specific platforms, as well as overall thermal 
efficiency goals to achieve a ``best in class'' efficiency level.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-09321 Filed 4-21-15; 8:45 am]
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