[Federal Register: August 18, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 160)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Tree Care Industry Association

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 14, 2008, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 5 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Tree Care Industry Association 
(``TCIA'') 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 Acts provisions limiting 
the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified 
circumstances. Specifically, TCIA recently finalized and adopted: (a) 
ANSI A300 (Part 1)--2008 Pruning for Tree Care Operations--Tree, Shrub, 
and Other Woody Plant Management Standard Practices (Pruning); (b) ANSI 
A300 (Part 3)--2006 Supplemental Support Systems for Tree Care 
Operations--Tree, Shrub, and Other Woody Plant Maintenance--Standard 
Practices (Supplemental Support Systems); (c) ANSI A300 (Part 4)--2008 
Lightning Protection Systems for Tree Care Operations--Tree, Shrub, and 
Other Woody Plant Management--Standard Practices (Lightning Protection 
Systems); (d) Accreditation Standards Draft 6 Version 2; (e) Green 
Industry Standards Dictionary; and (f) CTSP Policies and Procedures 
Draft 1 Version 2.
    On September 8, 2004, TCIA 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 4, 2004 (69 FR 59271).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on November 27, 
2006. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on December 22, 2006 (71 FR 77061)

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E8-18879 Filed 8-15-08; 8:45 am]

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