61868 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 203 / Thursday, October 21, 2004 / Notices 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

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

Hydraulic Institute, Inc. (‘‘HI’’) 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: Hydraulic Institute, Inc., Parsippany, 

NJ. The nature and scope of HI’s 

standards development activities are: 

more than twenty pump standards for 

pumps prepared and updated in 

accordance with the canvass approval 

process of the American National 

Standards Institute (‘‘ANSI’’). The HI 

standards define a product, material, 

process or procedure relating to, inter 

alia, centrifugal, reciprocating, vertical, 

rotary, sealless, air operated or 

controlled volume metering pumps, 

with reference to one or more of the 

following: nomenclature, composition, 

construction, dimensions, tolerances, 

safety, operating characteristics, 

performances, quality, rating, testing 

and service. Further HI’s supplier 

members and others participate in the 

development of guidelines and 

standards within the scope of, inter alia, 

motors and drives, monitoring devices, 

seals, housings, and more broad-based 

topics such as electronic data exchange, 

pump piping, intake design, viscosity 

correction, variable speed pumping and 

life cycle cost.

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—Interactive Advertising 

Bureau 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 17, 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 

Interactive Advertising Bureau (‘‘IAB’’) 

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: Interactive Advertising Bureau, New 

York, NY. The nature and scope of IAB’s 

standards development activities are: to 

develop, promulgate and publish 

voluntary consensus standards for the 

Internet Advertising industry, using 

procedures that incorporate the 

attributes of openness, balance of 

interests, due process, and appeals 

process, and consensus. The IAB sets 

out to organize the industry to set 

standards and guidelines that make 

Interactive an easier medium for 

agencies and marketers to buy and 

capture value from advertising.

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—International code 

Council 

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’’), the 

International Code Council (‘‘ICC’’) 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: International Code Council, Falls 

Church, VA. The nature and scope of 

ICC’s standards development activities 

are: to develop, promulgate and publish 

voluntary consensus codes and 

standards and to provide related 

services and products regarding 

construction regulation and the built 

environment.

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—IPC—Association 

Connecting Electronics Industries 

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’’), IPC—

Association Connecting Electronics 

Industries (‘‘IPC’’) 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: IPC—Association Connecting 

Electronics Industries, Bannockburn, IL. 

The nature and scope of IPC’s standards 

development activities are: design and 

performance standards for all types of 

interconnections, including printed 

wiring boards, flexible circuits, flat 

cable and discrete wiring devices. In 

addition, IPC develops standards for 

materials used in these products. Also, 

IPC is involved in standards for 

computer-aided technology, used to 

define electronic description. IPC is 

therefore also involved not only in the 

development of product standards, but 

in standardization and in guidelines