[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 16419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06590]


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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 Energy Storage 
System Evaluation and Safety II

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 21, 2017, 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 Energy Storage System 
Evaluation and Safety II (``EssEs-II'') 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, Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing 
North America, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, has been added as a party to this 
venture.
    Also, Deere & Company, Moline, IL, has withdrawn as a party to this 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 EssEs-II intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On September 21, 2016, EssEs-II 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 15, 2016 (81 FR 80087).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on November 30, 
2016. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on January 4, 2017 (82 FR 870).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-06590 Filed 4-3-17; 8:45 am]
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