[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 20, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 10332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05222]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Petroleum Environmental Research Forum Project 
No. 2014-12, Impacts of Processing Unconventional Crudes on Refinery 
Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 26, 2019, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Petroleum Environmental 
Research Forum Project No. 2014-12, Impacts of Processing 
Unconventional Crudes on Refinery Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations 
(``PERF Project No. 2014-12'') 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: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, 
Spring, TX; Chevron Energy Technology Company Division, Houston, TX; BP 
Products North America, Inc., Naperville, IL; Suez Treatment Solutions, 
Inc., Ashland, VA; Tetra Tech, Inc., Nashville, TN; Phillips 66 
Company, Bartlesville, OK; and Valero Services, Inc., San Antonio, TX. 
The general area of PERF Project No. 2014-12's planned activity is, 
through cooperative research efforts, to explore the impact of 
processing unconventional crudes by developing a catalog of 
contaminants, issues, and experiences.

Suzanne Morris,
Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics Unit, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-05222 Filed 3-19-19; 8:45 am]
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