Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-ASTM International Standards

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 70 (Wednesday, April 11, 2018)

Federal Register Volume 83, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 11, 2018)

Notices

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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov

FR Doc No: 2018-07514

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--ASTM International Standards

Notice is hereby given that, on February 21, 2018, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), ASTM International (``ASTM'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing additions or changes to its standards development activities. The notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, ASTM has provided an updated list of current, ongoing ASTM standards activities originating between December 2017 and February 2018 designated as work items. A complete listing of ASTM Work Items along with a brief description of each, is available at http://www.astm.org.

On September 15, 2004, ASTM filed its 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 November 10, 2004 (69 FR 65226).

The last notification with the Department was filed on December 14, 2017. A notice was filed in the Federal Register on February 12, 2018 (83 FR 6050).

Patricia A. Brink,

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.

FR Doc. 2018-07514 Filed 4-10-18; 8:45 am

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