[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 97 (Monday, May 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 23297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10341]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--American Society of Mechanical Engineers

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 10, 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''), the American Society of 
Mechanical Engineers (``ASME'') has filed 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, since 
November 11, 2016, ASME has published one new standard, established one 
new consensus committee, redesignated one consensus committee, 
initiated four new standards activities, withdrawn four standards 
activities, and discontinued one standard activity within the general 
nature and scope of ASME's standards development activities, as 
specified in its original notification. More detail regarding these 
changes can be found at www.asme.org.
    On September 15, 2004, ASME 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 October 13, 2004 (69 FR 60895).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on November 14, 
2016. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on January 11, 2017 (82 FR 3361).

 Patricia A. Brink,
 Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-10341 Filed 5-19-17; 8:45 am]
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