Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Global Climate and Energy Project, 12596 [2018-05764]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 56 / Thursday, March 22, 2018 / Notices
By order of the Commission.
Issued: March 19, 2018.
Lisa R. Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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Proposed Exemption From Certain
Prohibited Transaction Restrictions
Employee Benefits Security
Administration
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ACTION: Notice of proposed exemption.
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Notice Pursuant to the National
Cooperative Research and Production
Act of 1993—Global Climate and
Energy Project
Notice is hereby given that, on
November 22, 2017, pursuant to Section
6(a) of the National Cooperative
Research and Production Act of 1993,
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’),
Global Climate and Energy Project
(‘‘GCEP’’) has filed written notifications
simultaneously with the Attorney
General and the Federal Trade
Commission disclosing changes in its
nature and objectives. 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, the members of GCEP have
amended the agreement between them
to change the nature and objectives of
GCEP by extending the termination of
GCEP from August 31, 2018, to August
31, 2019, modifying the work
descriptions of GCEP, and revising the
payment obligations of the members.
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 GCEP intends
to file additional written notifications
disclosing all changes in membership.
On March 12, 2003, GCEP 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 4, 2003 (68 FR 16552).
The last notification was filed with
the Department on August 17, 2015. A
notice was published in the Federal
Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the
Act on September 29, 2015 (80 FR
58504).
Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust
Division.
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This document contains
notice of pendency before the
Department of Labor (the Department) of
a proposed individual exemption from
certain of the prohibited transaction
restrictions of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or
the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (the Code). If this
proposed one-year temporary exemption
is granted, certain entities with
specified relationships to BNP Paribas
will not be precluded from relying on
the exemptive relief provided by
Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption
84–14.
DATES: Applicable Date: If granted, this
proposed one-year temporary exemption
will be applicable for the period
beginning on May 30, 2018 until the
earlier of: (1) May 29, 2019; or (2) the
date of final agency action made by the
Department in connection with an
application for longer-term exemptive
relief for the covered transactions
described herein.
Written comments and requests for a
public hearing on the proposed
exemption should be submitted to the
Department within five days from the
date of publication of this Federal
Register Notice.
ADDRESSES: Comments should state the
nature of the person’s interest in the
proposed exemption and the manner in
which the person would be adversely
affected by the exemption, if granted. A
request for a hearing can be requested
by any interested person who may be
adversely affected by an exemption. A
request for a hearing must state: (1) The
name, address, telephone number, and
email address of the person making the
request; (2) the nature of the person’s
interest in the exemption and the
manner in which the person would be
adversely affected by the exemption;
and (3) a statement of the issues to be
addressed and a general description of
the evidence to be presented at the
hearing. The Department will grant a
request for a hearing made in
accordance with the requirements above
where a hearing is necessary to fully
explore material factual issues
identified by the person requesting the
hearing. A notice of such hearing shall
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be published by the Department in the
Federal Register. The Department may
decline to hold a hearing where: (1) The
request for the hearing does not meet
the requirements above; (2) the only
issues identified for exploration at the
hearing are matters of law; or (3) the
factual issues identified can be fully
explored through the submission of
evidence in written (including
electronic) form.
All written comments and requests for
a hearing (at least three copies) should
be sent to the Employee Benefits
Security Administration (EBSA), Office
of Exemption Determinations, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW, Suite 400, Washington,
DC 20210. Attention: Application No.
D–11949. Interested persons are also
invited to submit comments and/or
hearing requests to EBSA via email or
FAX. Any such comments or requests
should be sent either by email to: eoed@dol.gov, or by FAX to (202) 693–
8474 by the end of the scheduled
comment period. The application for
exemption and the comments received
will be available for public inspection in
the Public Documents Room of the
Employee Benefits Security
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room N–1515, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210.
Warning: All comments received will
be included in the public record
without change and may be made
available online at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be confidential or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. If you submit a
comment, EBSA recommends that you
include your name and other contact
information in the body of your
comment, but DO NOT submit
information that you consider to be
confidential, or otherwise protected
(such as Social Security number or an
unlisted phone number) or confidential
business information that you do not
want publicly disclosed. However, if
EBSA cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact
you for clarification, EBSA might not be
able to consider your comment.
Additionally, the https://
www.regulations.gov website is an
‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EBSA will not know your
identity or contact information unless
you provide it in the body of your
comment. If you send an email directly
to EBSA without going through https://
www.regulations.gov, your email
address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Global Climate and Energy Project
Notice is hereby given that, on November 22, 2017, pursuant to
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Global Climate and Energy
Project (``GCEP'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with
the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing
changes in its nature and objectives. 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, the members of GCEP have amended the agreement between
them to change the nature and objectives of GCEP by extending the
termination of GCEP from August 31, 2018, to August 31, 2019, modifying
the work descriptions of GCEP, and revising the payment obligations of
the members.
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 GCEP intends to file additional
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
On March 12, 2003, GCEP 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 4,
2003 (68 FR 16552).
The last notification was filed with the Department on August 17,
2015. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to
Section 6(b) of the Act on September 29, 2015 (80 FR 58504).
Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-05764 Filed 3-21-18; 8:45 am]
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