[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 4852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01404]


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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. 2018-P10, ``Facilitating Proactive Sewer Inspections at 
Petrochemical Sites''

    Notice is hereby given that, on May 6, 2022, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. Section 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Petroleum Environmental 
Research Forum (``PERF'' Project No. 2018-P10, entitled ``Facilitating 
Proactive Sewer Inspections at Petrochemical Sites'' (``PERF Project 
No. 2018-P10'') 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 Technology and Engineering Company, 
Spring, TX; BP Products North America, Inc., Naperville, IL; Shell 
Global Solutions (US) Inc., Houston, TX; and TotalEnergies E&P Research 
& Technology USA, LLC, Houston, TX.
    The general area of the PERF Project No. 2018-P10's planned 
activity are, through cooperative research efforts, to explore cost-
effective sewer inspection technologies and develop guidance for 
refining and petrochemical facilities to assess sewer integrity to help 
facilities identify technologies that can inspect sewers online, 
provide early detection of sewer integrity issues, prevent sewer 
failures, and minimize unplanned maintenance events.

Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director of Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-01404 Filed 1-24-23; 8:45 am]
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