[Federal Register: December 31, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 251)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Cooperative Research Group on the Development
and Evaluation of a Gas Chromatograph Testing Protocol
Notice is hereby given that, on November 26, 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'') Southwest Research
Institute--Cooperative Research Group on Development and Evaluation of
a Gas Chromatograph Testing Protocol (``GCTP'') has filed written
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal
Trade Commission disclosing changes in its nature and objective. 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, the period of
performance has been extended to December 15, 2008.
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 GCTP intends to file additional
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
On March 6, 2008, GCTP 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 April 7,
2008 (73 FR 18813).
The last notification was filed with the Department on August 26,
2008. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to
section 6(b) of the Act on September 29, 2008 (73 FR 56611).
Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E8-31037 Filed 12-30-08; 8:45 am]
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