[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 52096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13616]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--APA--The Engineered Wood Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 4, 2024, pursuant to section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), APA--The Engineered Wood 
Association (``APA--The Engineered Wood Association'') has filed 
written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the 
Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of 
business of the standards development organization and (2) the nature 
and scope of its standards development activities. 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 name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: APA--The 
Engineered Wood Association, Tacoma, WA. The nature and scope of APA--
The Engineered Wood Association's standards development activities are: 
the development, maintenance, and updating of standards for wood and 
engineered wood products including but not limited to softwood plywood, 
oriented strand board (OSB), wood composite panels, plywood siding, 
structural glued laminated timber (glulam), wood I-joists, structural 
composite lumber, rim board, and cross-laminated timber. Standards 
activities also include serving as the sponsor for the standing 
committees of U.S. Voluntary Product Standard PS 1, Structural Plywood 
and Voluntary Product Standard PS 2, Performance Standard for Wood 
Structural Panels.

Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-13616 Filed 6-20-24; 8:45 am]
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