[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28151-28152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10934]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--RailPulse, LLC

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 20, 2021, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), RailPulse, LLC (``RailPulse'') 
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: Norfolk Southern Railway Company, Norfolk, VA; 
Genessee & Wyoming Inc., Darien, CT; GATX Corporation, Chicago, IL; 
Trinity Industries, Inc., Dallas, TX; and Watco Companies, LLC, 
Pittsburg, KS.
    The general area of RailPulse's planned activities is as follows. 
RailPulse will seek to (i) collect data on rail shipments as they move 
on and across railroads in the North American rail network; (ii) 
establish a technology platform to collect data from onboard GPS and 
sensors to research and improve service levels, visibility, safety, and 
productivity and efficiency of the movement of railcars in North 
American rail-based supply chains; and (iii) use the technology 
platform that they create to provide efficiencies and safety benefits 
to the rail industry, rail customers, railcar owners and lessees, and 
the public at large and to support growth in the North American rail 
industry. RailPulse will not be involved

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in the collection of data related to pricing or other commercial terms.

Suzanne Morris,
Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics, Antitrust Division.
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