[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 136 (Friday, July 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16778]


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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 Development of a 
Predictive Model for Corrosion-Fatigue of Materials in Sour Environment

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 9, 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''), Southwest Research Institute--
Cooperative Research Group on Development of a Predictive Model for 
Corrosion-Fatigue of Materials in Sour Environment (``Model-CFM'') has 
filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General 
and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership. 
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, Tubos De Acero De 
Mexico S.A., Veracruz, MEXICO; and Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas 
France, Aulnoye-Aymeries, FRANCE, have withdrawn as parties to this 
venture.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the group research project. Membership in this group 
research project remains open, and Model-CFM intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On May 17, 2011, Model-CFM 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 
July 7, 2011 (76 FR 39901).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on September 
26, 2011. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
section 6(b) of the Act on October 26, 2011 (76 FR 66325).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-16778 Filed 7-14-16; 8:45 am]
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