Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 203 / Thursday, October 21, 2004 / Notices 61867

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Caterpillar Inc.: 

Consortium To Develop Positioning 

System for Machine Information 

System 

Notice is hereby given that, on August 

12, 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’’), Caterpillar Inc.: 

Consortium to Develop Positioning 

System for Machine Information System 

(‘‘CAT’’) has filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing (1) the identities 

of the parties to the venture and (2) the 

nature and objectives of the venture. 

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 

identities of the parties to the venture 

are: Caterpillar Inc., Mossville, IL; and 

Applanix Corporation, Richmond Hill, 

Ontario, CANADA. The general areas of 

CAT’s planned activities are to 

investigate methods to compensate for 

satellite shading that cause Caterpillar’s 

information-based products such as 

CAES to cease giving useful positioning 

data. The activities of this Consortium 

will be partially funded by an award 

from the Department of Energy/National 

Energy Technology Laboratory.

Dorothy F. 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—Consumer Specialty 

Products Association Inc. 

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’’), 

Consumer Specialty Products 

Association Inc. (‘‘CSPA’’) 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: Consumer Specialty Products 

Association Inc., Washington, DC. The 

nature and scope of CSPA’s standards 

development activities are: consumerspecialty product safety; product 

description, size and rating; product 

evaluation test procedures; definitions 

of terms; labeling and other product 

information; and recommended levels of 

performance, among others.

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—Conveyor Equipment 

Manufacturers Association 

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’’), 

Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers 

Association (‘‘CEMA’’) 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: Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers 

Association, Naples, FL. The nature and 

scope of CEMA’s standards 

development activities are: voluntary 

industry and ANSI standards, written 

for the mutual benefit of manufacturer, 

user, and distributor, associated with 

the proper identification, engineering, 

and application of conveyors and 

auxiliary equipment used in the 

material handling sector of the 

economy.

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—EIFS Industry Members 

Association 

Notice is hereby given that, on August 

31, 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 EIFS Industry 

Members Association (‘‘EIMA’’) 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: EIFS Industry Members Association, 

Morrow, GA. The nature and scope of 

EIMA’s standards development 

activities are: as a standards 

development institution accredited by 

the American National Standards 

Institute (‘‘ANSI’’), EIMA developed, 

maintains and updates the ANSI/EIMA 

99–A–2001 standards which provides 

the requirements for specifying and 

installing Exterior Insulation and Finish 

Systems.

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—Hydraulic Institute, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 15, 2004, pursuant to section