[Federal Register: July 16, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 137)]
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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 Development and 
Evaluation of a Gas Chromatograph Testing Protocol

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 4, 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 membership. 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, PP Pipelines 
(North America) Inc., Houston, TX, and Elster GMEH, Dortmund, GERMANY 
have been added as parties to this venture.
    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).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E8-15670 Filed 7-15-08; 8:45 am]

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