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Federal Register: September 29, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 188)NoticesPage 51954From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--The Consortium for Non-Contract Gauging (``CNCG'')

Notice is hereby given that, on July 23, 1998, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), The Consortium for Non-Contact Gauging (``CNCG'') has filedwritten notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership status. The notifications were filedfor the purpose of extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH has been dropped 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 The Consortium for Non-Contact Gauging (``CNCG'') intents to file additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.

On March 7, 1995, The Consortium for Non-Contact Gauging (``CNCG'') filedits 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 May 24, 1995 (60 FR 27559).

The last notification was filedwith the Department on March 17, 1997. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act of April 29, 1997 (62 FR 23267). Constance K. Robinson, Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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