Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Sensory System for Critical Infrastructure Defect Recognition, Visualization and Failure Prediction, 28277 [E9-13928]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 113 / Monday, June 15, 2009 / Notices Building, 601 D Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530. Dated: June 9, 2009. Lynn Bryant, Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United States Department of Justice. [FR Doc. E9–14035 Filed 6–12–09; 8:45 am] Dated: June 4, 2009. Robert S. Mueller, III, Director. [FR Doc. E9–13848 Filed 6–12–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–02–M Patricia A. Brink, Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division. [FR Doc. E9–13928 Filed 6–12–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–11–M Antitrust Division DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Charter Reestablishment In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Title 5, United States Code, Appendix, and Title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 101–6.1015, with the concurrence of the Attorney General, I have determined that the reestablishment of the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Advisory Policy Board (APB) is in the public interest. In connection with the performance of duties imposed upon the FBI by law, I hereby give notice of the reestablishment of the APB Charter. The APB provides me with general policy recommendations with respect to the philosophy, concept, and operational principles of the various criminal justice information systems managed by the FBI’s CJIS Division. The APB includes representatives from local and state criminal justice agencies; tribal law enforcement representatives; members of the judicial, prosecutorial, and correctional sectors of the criminal justice community, as well as one individual representing a national security agency; a representative of Federal agencies participating in the CJIS Division Systems; and representatives of criminal justice professional associations (i.e., the American Probation and Parole Association; American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors, Inc.; International Association of Chiefs of Police; National District Attorneys’ Association; National Sheriffs’ Association; Major Cities Chiefs’ Association; Major County Sheriffs’ Association; and a representative from a national professional association representing the courts or court administrators nominated by the Conference of Chief Justices). The Attorney General has granted me the authority to appoint all members to the APB. The APB functions solely as an advisory body in compliance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The Charter has been filed in accordance with the provisions of the Act. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—Sensory System for Critical Infrastructure Defect Recognition, Visualization and Failure Prediction Notice is hereby given that, on April 14, 2009, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Sensory System for Critical Infrastructure Defect Recognition, Visualization and Failure Prediction (‘‘Sensory System’’) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties 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: ELXSI, Orlando, FL; Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA; and Beyond Vision, LLC, Ruston, LA. The general area of Sensory System’s planned activity is to develop a novel, deep-penetrating scanning system based on ultrawideband radar for inspecting buried infrastructure such as pipelines, tunnels, and culverts that can detect fractures, quantify corrosion and determine the presence of voids in the surrounding soil to ‘‘see’’ beyond the structure to prevent accidents. The technology provides analysis which cannot be detected by current pipe inspection. The sensory system would be used by dull engineers to rehabilitate and replace critical non-conductive infrastructure such as concrete bridges, concrete dams, sea walls, highways, runways and non-ferrous pipelines. The activities of this joint venture project will be partially funded by award #7ONANB9H9009 from the Technology Innovation Program, National Institute pwalker on PROD1PC71 with NOTICES Federal Bureau of Investigation 16:47 Jun 12, 2009 of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BILLING CODE 4410–02–P VerDate Nov<24>2008 28277 Jkt 217001 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Antitrust Division Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium, Inc. Notice is hereby given that, on May 12, 2009, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Network Centric Operations Industry 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, LinQuest Corporation, Los Angeles, CA has been added as a party to this venture. Also, AMERICOM Government Services, McLean, VA; Aydin Yazlim ve Elektronik Sanayii A.S., Ankara, Turkey; Objectivity, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA; Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA; Terma A/S, Lystrup, Denmark; BEA Government Systems, McLean, VA; LMI Government Consulting, McLean, VA; and BARCO, Kuurne, Belgium 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 Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium, Inc. intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership. On November 19, 2004, Network Centric Operations Industry 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 February 2, 2005 (70 FR 5486). The last notification was filed with the Department on February 18, 2009. A notice was published in the Federal E:\FR\FM\15JNN1.SGM 15JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 113 (Monday, June 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: E9-13928]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Sensory System for Critical Infrastructure 
Defect Recognition, Visualization and Failure Prediction

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 14, 2009, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Sensory System for Critical 
Infrastructure Defect Recognition, Visualization and Failure Prediction 
(``Sensory System'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
(1) the identities of the parties 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: ELXSI, Orlando, FL; Louisiana Tech University, 
Ruston, LA; and Beyond Vision, LLC, Ruston, LA. The general area of 
Sensory System's planned activity is to develop a novel, deep-
penetrating scanning system based on ultrawideband radar for inspecting 
buried infrastructure such as pipelines, tunnels, and culverts that can 
detect fractures, quantify corrosion and determine the presence of 
voids in the surrounding soil to ``see'' beyond the structure to 
prevent accidents. The technology provides analysis which cannot be 
detected by current pipe inspection. The sensory system would be used 
by dull engineers to rehabilitate and replace critical non-conductive 
infrastructure such as concrete bridges, concrete dams, sea walls, 
highways, runways and non-ferrous pipelines. The activities of this 
joint venture project will be partially funded by award 
7ONANB9H9009 from the Technology Innovation Program, National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce.

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. E9-13928 Filed 6-12-09; 8:45 am]
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