Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-ASTM International, 65657 [2010-26736]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 206 / Tuesday, October 26, 2010 / Notices Section 6(b) of the Act on July 15, 2009 (74 FR 34364). The last notification was filed with the Department on July 13, 2010. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on August 18, 2010 (75 FR 51114). Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on June 27, 2008 (73 FR 36571). DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Patricia A. Brink, Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—Alliance for Water Stewardship [FR Doc. 2010–26737 Filed 10–25–10; 8:45 am] Patricia A. Brink, Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division. BILLING CODE 4410–11–M [FR Doc. 2010–26740 Filed 10–25–10; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BILLING CODE 4410–11–M Antitrust Division DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—ASTM International Antitrust Division emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—International SAE Consortium Ltd. Notice is hereby given that, on September 21, 2010, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), International SAE Consortium Ltd. (‘‘ISAEC’’) 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, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA; AstraZeneca UK Ltd., London, United Kingdom; Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, MO; Clinical Data, Inc., Newton, MA; and Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ, has been added as parties to this venture. Also, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, INC., Basel, Switzerland; Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, LLC, Raritan, NJ; and Sanofi-Aventis, Bridgewater, NJ, have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 ISAEC intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership. On September 27, 2007, ISAEC 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 November 7, 2007 (72 FR 62867). The last notification was filed with the Department of Justice on May 21, 2008. A notice was published in the VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:09 Oct 25, 2010 Jkt 223001 65657 Notice is hereby given that, on September 23, 2010, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), ASTM International (‘‘ASTM’’) 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 Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, ASTM has provided an updated list of current, ongoing ASTM standards activities originating between May 2010 and September 2010 designated as work items. A complete listing of ASTM work items, along with a brief description of each, is available at https://www.astm.org. On September 15, 2004, ASTM 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 November 10, 2004 (69 FR 65226). The last notification was filed with the Department on May 6, 2010. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on June 1, 2010 (75 FR 30440). Patricia A. Brink, Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division. [FR Doc. 2010–26736 Filed 10–25–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–11–M PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Antitrust Division Notice is hereby given that, on September 10, 2010, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Alliance for Water Stewardship (‘‘AWS’’) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of business of the standards development organization and (2) the nature and scope of its standards development activities. 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 name and principal place of business of the standards development organization is: Alliance for Water Stewardship, Arlington, VA. The nature and scope of AWS’s standards development activities are: (1) To establish equitable, voluntary, transparent, science-based standards for socially beneficial and environmentally sustainable use and management of fresh water at the watershed level; (2) to promote use and management of fresh water which will maintain or improve biodiversity and ecological processes and secure longterm benefits for local peoples and society at large; and (3) to encourage effective governance for water use and management through voluntary certification of businesses and water service providers. The AWS is responsible for coordinating and overseeing the process of developing water use and management target standards and indicators, such as catchment flow volume, user abstraction, nutrients in effluents, sediments in effluents, temperature of effluents, water pricing, and other aspects of a voluntary water stewardship standard system. As part of its standards development activities, the AWS organizes a Global Water Roundtable and continent-level Regional Initiatives, through which it invites stakeholder organizations to participate in the standards development process. The AWS will hold the intellectual property resulting from its standards development activities until such a time when it may E:\FR\FM\26OCN1.SGM 26OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 65657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26736]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--ASTM International

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 23, 2010, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), ASTM International 
(``ASTM'') 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 Act's provisions limiting 
the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified 
circumstances. Specifically, ASTM has provided an updated list of 
current, ongoing ASTM standards activities originating between May 2010 
and September 2010 designated as work items. A complete listing of ASTM 
work items, along with a brief description of each, is available at 
https://www.astm.org.
    On September 15, 2004, ASTM 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 November 10, 2004 (69 FR 65226).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on May 6, 2010. 
A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) 
of the Act on June 1, 2010 (75 FR 30440).

Patricia A. Brink,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-26736 Filed 10-25-10; 8:45 am]
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