Refrigeration Institute, Inc. American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Federal Register: April 7, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 67)

Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and

Production Act of 1993--American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Notice is hereby given that, on March 6, 2008, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), American Society of Mechanical

Engineers (``ASME'') 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, since October 31, 2007, ASME has established one new standards-writing committee, published two new standards, and initiated five new standards activities within the general nature and scope of ASME's standards development activities, as specified in its original notification. More detail regarding these changes can be found at http://www.asme.org.

On September 15, 2004, ASME 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 October 13, 2004 (69 FR 60895).

The last notification was filed with the Department on October 31, 2007. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to

Section 6(b) of the Act on December 10, 2007 (72 FR 69709).

Patricia A. Brink,

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

FR Doc. E8-7012 Filed 4-4-08; 8:45 am

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