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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 182 / Thursday, September 18, 2008 / Notices
National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301
et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Semiconductor Test
Consortium, Inc. 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, National Instruments,
Austin, TX has been added as a party to
this venture. Also, SEPT.Europe,
Munich, GERMANY; Reid-Ashman
Mfg., St. George, UT; Q–Star Test, HR
Erugge, BELGUIM; Rood Technology
GmbH Co., Nordlingen, GERMANY;
BitifEye Digital Solutions GmbH,
Boeblingen, GERMANY; Manufacturing
Technology Center Semiconductor
Company, Nagaolcakyo City, Kyoto,
JAPAN; and Zhou Feng (individual
member) Hougang, SINGAPORE have
withdrawn as parties to this venture.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
Semiconductor Test Consortium, Inc.
intends to file additional written
notifications disclosing all changes in
membership.
On May 27, 2003, Semiconductor Test
Consortium, Inc. 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 June 17, 2003 (68 FR 35913).
The last notification was filed with
the Department on June 4, 2008. A
notice was published in the Federal
Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the
Act on July 16, 2008 (73 FR 40883).
Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust
Division.
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(‘‘WITK’’) 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: Airsprite Technologies,
Inc., Marlborough, MA; Freescale
Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX;
Pepperl + Fuchs GmbH, Mannheim,
GERMANY; Emerson Process
Management LLLP, Eden Prairie, MN;
Endress + Hauser Process Solutions AG,
Reinach, SWITZERLAND; Software
Technologies Group, Westchester, IL;
Siemens AG, Karisruhe, GERMANY;
and ABE Automation Products GmbH,
Alzenau, GERMANY.
The general areas of WITK’s planned
activity are to develop, implement,
promote and distribute on a nonprofit
basis one or more software
communication stacks and supporting
products, the first of which will be the
WirelessHART Specification (HART 7)
published by the HART Communication
Foundation, and to encourage the use of
such communications stacks and
products on a standardized basis within,
for example, the process control and
factory automation communities
worldwide, provided, however, WITK
shall not carry on any activity not
permitted to be carried on by a
corporation that is exempt from federal
income tax under Section 501(a) of the
Code as an organization described in
Section 501(c)(6) of the Internal
Revenue Code.
Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust
Division.
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Notice Pursuant to the National
Cooperative Research and Production
Act of 1993 Wireless Industrial
Technology Konsortium Inc.
Submission for OMB Review:
Comment Request
Notice is hereby given that, on August
August 8, 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’’), Wireless
Industrial Technology Konsortium Inc.
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The Department of Labor (DOL)
hereby announces the submission of the
following public information collection
request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
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(Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
A copy of this ICR, with applicable
supporting documentation; including
among other things a description of the
likely respondents, proposed frequency
of response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov
Web site at https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain or by contacting
Amy Hobby on 202–693–4553 (this is
not a toll-free number)/e-mail:
DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Interested parties are encouraged to
send comments to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the
Employment Standards Administration
(ESA), Office of Management and
Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503, Telephone: 202–395–7316/Fax:
202–395–6974 (these are not toll-free
numbers), Email:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov within
30 days from the date of this publication
in the Federal Register. In order to
ensure the appropriate consideration,
comments should reference the OMB
Control Number (see below).
The OMB is particularly interested in
comments which:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Agency: Employment Standards
Administration.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of an existing OMB Control
Number.
Title of Collection: Payment of
Compensation without Award.
OMB Control Number: 1215–0022.
Agency Form Number(s): LS–206.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 600.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 5,250.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993 Wireless Industrial Technology Konsortium Inc.
Notice is hereby given that, on August August 8, 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''), Wireless Industrial
Technology Konsortium Inc. (``WITK'') 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: Airsprite Technologies, Inc., Marlborough, MA;
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX; Pepperl + Fuchs GmbH,
Mannheim, GERMANY; Emerson Process Management LLLP, Eden Prairie, MN;
Endress + Hauser Process Solutions AG, Reinach, SWITZERLAND; Software
Technologies Group, Westchester, IL; Siemens AG, Karisruhe, GERMANY;
and ABE Automation Products GmbH, Alzenau, GERMANY.
The general areas of WITK's planned activity are to develop,
implement, promote and distribute on a nonprofit basis one or more
software communication stacks and supporting products, the first of
which will be the WirelessHART Specification (HART 7) published by the
HART Communication Foundation, and to encourage the use of such
communications stacks and products on a standardized basis within, for
example, the process control and factory automation communities
worldwide, provided, however, WITK shall not carry on any activity not
permitted to be carried on by a corporation that is exempt from federal
income tax under Section 501(a) of the Code as an organization
described in Section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E8-21742 Filed 9-17-08; 8:45 am]
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