[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 34551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15582]


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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 Mechanical 
Stratigraphy and Natural Deformation in the Permian Strata of Texas and 
New Mexico: Implications for Exploitation of the Permian Basin

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 22, 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 Mechanical Stratigraphy and Natural 
Deformation in the Permian Strata of Texas and New Mexico: Implications 
for Exploitation of the Permian Basin (``Permian Basin'') 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, Diamondback E&P 
LLC, Midland, TX; and Noble Energy, Inc., Houston, TX, have been added 
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 Permian Basin intends to file 
additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On April 18, 2017, Permian Basin 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 May 12, 2017 (82 FR 22159).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on May 17, 
2017. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on June 20, 2017 (82 FR 28092).

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-15582 Filed 7-24-17; 8:45 am]
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