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(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 involving the Act’s 

provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actural damages 

under specified circumstances. 

Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, 

the name and principal place of 

business is: Advanced Television 

Systems Committee, Inc., Washington, 

DC. The nature and scope of ATSC’s 

standards development activities are: 

Coordinating television standards 

among different communications media, 

focusing on digital television, 

interactive systems and broadband 

multimedia communications; 

developing digital television 

implementation strategies; and 

presenting educational seminars on the 

ATSC standards.

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—American Oil Chemists’

Society 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 14, 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’’), 

American Oil Chemists’ Society 

(‘‘AOCS’’) 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: American Oil Chemists’

Society, Champaign, IL. The nature and 

scope of ACOS’s standards development 

activities are: The society investigates, 

adopts and publishes uniform methods 

of analysis and recommended practices 

in the filed of oils, fats and related 

materials. These methods are used in 

processing, trading, utilizing, and 

evaluating fats, oils and lipid products. 

The scope of the work includes but is 

not limited to the following subjects: 

Vegetable oil source material, oilseeed 

by-products, commercial fats and oils, 

soap and synthetic detergents, glycerin, 

sulfonated and sulfated oils, soapstocks, 

specifications for reagents and solvents, 

and method development procedures.

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division.

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Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—American Society of 

Mechanical Engineers 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 15, 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 

American Society of Mechanical 

Engineers (‘‘ASME’’) 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: American Society of 

Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY. 

The nature and scope of ASME’s 

standards development activities are: 

Activities that address a broad range of 

topics related to mechanical engineering 

and the operation of conformity 

assessment, including requirements for 

safety, health, design, production, 

construction, maintenance, performance 

or operation of equipment, and 

qualification of personnel.

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division.

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Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—American Water Works 

Association 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 16, 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’’), 

American Water Works Association 

(‘‘AWWA’’) 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: American Water Works 

Association, Denver, Co. The nature and 

scope of AWWA’s standards 

development activities are: To develop, 

adopt, and publish voluntary consensus 

standards that set out the minimum 

requirements of products or processes 

used in the water profession. AWWA 

standards address, where appropriate, 

procedures of design; characteristics of 

materials, substances, products, 

equipment, systems or services; 

processes of manufacturing, assembly, 

transporting, storage or installation; 

techniques of analysis; testing and 

inspection methods and requirements; 

parameters of use; and such other 

elements essential to provide adequate 

reliability, life and usage in the water 

profession. AWWA’s voluntary 

consensus standards are developed by 

AWWA members and other interested 

parties.

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division.

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