National cooperative research notifications: Southwest Research Institute,

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Federal Register: May 26, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 101)NoticesPage 28521From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

DOCID:fr26my99-127

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--Southwest Research Institute: Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine Emission Testing to Generate NO<INF>X</INF> and PM Correction Factors

Notice is hereby given that, on March 26, 1999, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Southwest Research Institute: Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine Emission Testing to Generate NO<INF>X</INF> and PM Correction Factors has filedwritten notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. The notifications were filedfor 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 identifies of the parties are Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL; Cummins Engine Co., Columbus, IN; Detroit Diesel Corporation, Detroit, MI; Mack Trucks, Inc., Hagerstown, MD; and Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg, Sweden. The nature and objectives of the venture are to develop engine intake air temperature correction factors for NO<INF>X</INF> and PM, and humidity correction factors for NO<INF>X</INF>, for several on-highway, heavy-duty diesel engines. Constance K. Robinson, Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

FR Doc. 99-13283Filed5-25-99; 8:45 amBILLING CODE 4410-11-M

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