[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 40337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17358]


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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 HEDGE IV

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 1, 2018, 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 HEDGE IV (``HEDGE IV'') 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, Woodward, Inc., 
Fort Collins, CO, and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JAPAN, have 
been added as parties to this venture.
    Also, Chery Automotive Co., Ltd., Wuhu Anhui, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 
CHINA, has withdrawn as a party to this venture.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 HEDGE IV intends to file additional 
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    On February 14, 2017, HEDGE IV 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 March 27, 2017 (82 FR 15238).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on June 11, 
2018. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on July 9, 2018 (83 FR 31776).

Suzanne Morris,
Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics Unit, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-17358 Filed 8-13-18; 8:45 am]
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