Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 191 / Monday, October 4, 2004 / Notices 59271

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the 

Act on June 22, 2004 (69 FR 34693).

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1933—Sheet Metal and Air 

Conditioning Contractors’ National 

Association 

Notice is hereby given that, on August 

18, 2004, pursuant to section 6(a) of the 

National Cooperative Research and 

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 

et seq. (‘‘Act’’), the Sheet Metal and Air 

Conditioning Contractors’ National 

Association (SMACNA) 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: Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning 

Contractors’ National Association 

(SMACNA), Chantilly, VA. The nature 

and scope of SMACNA’s standards 

development activities are to 

promulgate industry standards to the 

general public and to initiate, promote 

and document studies directed toward 

the solution of present and future 

problems in the heating, ventilation and 

air conditioning (HVAC) industry and 

all facets of the sheet metal industry. 

Additional information concerning 

SMACNA may be obtained from Sue 

Baker at (703) 803–2980.

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—the Society for 

Biomolecular Screening, Inc. (‘‘SBS’’) 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 1, 2004, pursuant to section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), The 

Society for Biomolecular Screening, Inc. 

(‘‘SBS’’) 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: The 

Society for Biomolecular Screening, Inc. 

Danbury, CT. The nature and scope of 

SBS’ standard development activities 

are: Many science-based industries have 

implemented a High Throughput 

Screening (HTS) approach for discovery 

activities. HTS requires that automated 

devices and full robotic systems be used 

for this work. These devices and 

systems cost from tens of thousands of 

dollars to millions of dollars. The basic 

tool for this work is the microtiter plate 

(MTP) and as such, it is economically 

critical that these devices/systems work 

in a seamless manner with this tool as 

supplied by different manufacturers. 

However, each manufacturer had 

originally developed MTPs with slightly 

different dimensions and features to the 

extent that these plates performed 

poorly with automation. Laboratory 

users found it frustrating to try to use 

different plates with their equipment 

and often experienced significant 

financial losses when doing so. 

Manufacturers of automated devices 

tried to build in features that allowed 

for defining different plates from 

different manufacturers but there was 

only so much variation that could be 

accommodated and these changes were 

driving costs upwards. In 1995, The 

Society for Biomolecular Screening, Inc. 

formed a working group that brought 

together all of the interested parties, 

(manufacturers of MTPs, automated 

device manufacturers and users) to 

establish standards for microtiter plates 

that would provide reliable use with all 

automated equipment and robotics. 

These standards need to address the 

various densities of the MTP including 

96, 384, and 1536 since it would be 

expected that the same equipment could 

work with various formats but not 

necessarily all formats to contains costs.

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division.

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Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Tree Care Industry 

Association (‘‘TCIA’’) 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 8, 2004, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 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 (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 Tree Care 

Industry Association, Inc., Manchester, 

NH. The nature and scope of the TCIA’s 

standards development activities are to 

serve as the secretariat and SDO for the 

American National Standards Institute 

(ANSI) A300 standards for tree, shrub, 

and other woody plant maintenance 

operations. The ANSI-accredited 

Standards Committee (ASC) A300 is the 

committee that writes the standards. 

TCIA currently has developed four 

performance standards addressing tree, 

shrub, and other woody plant 

maintenance operations: ANSI A300 

Part 1–2001 Pruning; ANSI A300 Part–

2004 Fertilization; ANSI A300 Part 3–

2000 Support Systems; and ANSI A300 

Part 4–2002 Lightning Protection 

Systems. TCIA also has three standards 

in development: BSR A300 Part 5–200x 

Management of Trees and Shrubs during 

Site Planning, Site Development, and 

Construction; BSR A300 Part 6–200x