[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 63 (Friday, April 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18888-18889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07346]


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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 February 10, 2016, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), ASTM International 
(``ASTM'') has filed

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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 2015 and 
February 2016 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.
    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 was filed with the Department on December 11, 
2015. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on January 6, 2016 (81 FR 513).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-07346 Filed 3-31-16; 8:45 am]
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