National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993: Joint Venture to Perform Project Entitled Robotic Rehabilitation of Aging Water Pipelines

Federal Register: March 24, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 56)

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and

Production Act of 1993--Joint Venture To Perform Project Entitled

Robotic Rehabilitation of Aging Water Pipelines

Notice is hereby given that, on February 3, 2010, pursuant to

Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et sect. (``the Act''), Joint

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Venture to Perform Project Entitled Robotic Rehabilitation of Aging

Water Pipelines (``Robotic Rehabilitation of Aging Water Pipelines'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney

General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties to the venture and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. 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 identities of the parties to the venture are: Fibrwrap Construction, Inc., Ontario, CA; Fyfe

Company, LLC, San Diego, CA; and the University of California-Irvine,

Irvine, CA. The general area of Robotic Rehabilitation of Aging Water

Pipelines's planned activity is to develop a prototype robot to apply high-performance, low-cost carbon fiber reinforcement inside water transmission pipes, allowing trenchless repair and rehabilitation of aging pipelines.

Patricia A. Brink,

Deputy Director of Operations Antitrust Division.

FR Doc. 2010-6274 Filed 3-23-10; 8:45 am

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