[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 71 (Friday, April 14, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 18012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07589]


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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 Particle Sensor 
Performance and Durability

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 15, 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 Particle Sensor Performance and 
Durability (``PSPD-II'') 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: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Deer Park, 
IL; Coorstek Sensors, LLC, Grand Junction, CO; Cummins Inc., Columbus, 
IN; Denso Corporation, Southfield, MI; FCA US LLC, Auburn Hills, MI; 
Hino Motors, Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; John Deere, Waterloo, IA; NGK Spark 
Plug Co., Ltd., Nagota, JAPAN; Stoneridge, Warren, OH; and Tenneco 
Automotive Operating Company Inc., Jackson, MI. The general area of 
PSPD-II's planned activity is to critically investigate the performance 
and durability of various exhaust particle and gaseous sensor 
technologies on different engine platforms.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-07589 Filed 4-13-17; 8:45 am]
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