61870 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 203 / Thursday, October 21, 2004 / Notices 

range of fields related to fire and 

electrical safety, safety in buildings and 

structures, life safety as well as other 

fields related to the safeguarding of life 

and property. NFPA standards cover an 

array of subjects including, but not 

limited to, prevention of and protection 

from fire, explosion, electricity, 

lightning and other hazards; test 

methods; design, installation and 

maintenance of fire protection and other 

safety systems; professional 

qualifications for enforcement officials 

and fire, medical and other emergency 

personnel; accident prevention; 

premises security; safety in buildings 

and other structures and locations; 

chemical and hazardous materials 

storage and handling; and a variety of 

subjects related to fire, medical and 

other emergency services including 

safety and health, training, organization, 

deployment and operations, and 

protective clothing and equipment. 

NFPA also engages in several 

conformity assessment activities using 

NFPA standards. These include several 

professional certification programs 

supporting the fire protection, fire 

service, building, and electrical 

inspection professions. 

NFPA standards are developed by 

approximately 240 different Technical 

Committees (including committees 

known as Technical Correlating 

Committees that head multi-committee 

projects), and these Committees are the 

principal consensus-developed bodies 

within the NFPA standards 

development process. The full scope of 

NFPA’s standards activities are reflected 

in the scope statements of NFPA 

Technical Committees and in NFPA 

standards that have been issued or are 

under development. This information 

together with other information showing 

the nature and scope of NFPA’s 

standards development activities are 

available directly from NFPA, to the 

attention of Casey C. Grant, Assistant 

Vice President, Codes and Standards 

Administration, at the above address, 

telephone (617) 984–7241, e-mail 

cgrant@nfpa.org. NFPA also maintains 

current information about its standards 

development activities on its Web site at 

http://www.nfpa.org. For additional 

information, please contact: Maureen 

Brodoff, Vice President & General 

Counsel, at the above address, telephone 

(617) 984–7256, e-mail mbrodoff@nfpa. 

org.

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—National Marine 

Manufacturers Association 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 20, 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’’), 

National Marine Manufacturers 

Association (‘‘NMMA’’) 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: National Marine Manufacturers 

Association, Chicago, IL. The nature and 

scope of NMMA’s standards 

development activities are: to develop, 

promulgate and make available 

voluntary lubricant performance 

standards for the marine industry. 

NMMA establishes performance 

standards and testing procedures for 

marine engine oils to assist boaters and 

manufacturers in identifying engine oils 

which have been specially formulated to 

withstand the rigors of use in marine 

engines. NMMA’s voluntary consensus 

standards are developed by NMMA 

members with comments from the 

public. NMMA members include 

original equipment manufacturers, test 

laboratories, oil marketers and oil 

additive companies. 

Additional information concerning 

NMMA can be obtained from Tom 

Marhevko at NMMA at (312) 946–6213.

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—National Roofing 

Contractors Association 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 10, 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 

National Roofing Contractors 

Association (‘‘NRCA’’) 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: National Roofing Contractors 

Association, Rosemont, IL. The nature 

and scope of NRCA’s standards 

development activities are: To develop, 

plan, establish, and coordinate 

voluntary consensus standards 

applicable to a variety of constructed 

roof systems. In particular, NRCA is in 

the process of facilitating a long-term 

roofing industry initiative to develop 

and maintain suitable performance 

criteria for constructed roof systems. In 

order to achieve this initiative, NRCA 

has established a committee (referred to 

as PCCRS) made up of representatives 

from the roofing industry that will be 

responsible for developing voluntary 

consensus standards applicable to 

constructed roof systems. Through its 

standards development activities, NRCA 

seeks to enhance and build upon 

existing roofing-related standards by 

developing and maintaining suitable 

performance criteria applicable to a 

wide range of complete roof systems. 

Such performance criteria are intended 

to provide roofing industry 

professionals and building owners with 

a consensus opinion defining the 

attributes of a wide variety of 

successful, long-term roof systems. 

Additional information concerning 

NRCA’s standards development 

activities may be obtained from Mark 

Graham, Associate Executive Director 

for Technical Services, National Roofing 

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Contractors Association, at (847) 299–

9070.

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—National SPA and Pool 

Institute 

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 

National Spa and Poll Institute (‘‘NSPI’’) 

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: National Spa and Pool Institute, 

Alexandria, VA. The nature and scope 

of NSPI’s standards development 

activities are: to provide recommended 

minimum guidelines to builders, 

manufactures, installers and pool 

operators for the design, equipment, 

operation and installation of new 

construction and renovation of pools 

and spas.

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—NSF International 

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’’), NSF 

International (‘‘NSF’’) 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: NSF International, Ann Arbor, MI. 

The nature and scope of NSF’s 

standards development activities are: 

public health safety and environmental 

standards including, but not limited to: 

food additives and contaminants 

(chemical and microbiological), 

commercial and household food service 

equipment (powered, preparation, 

storage, and service products), food 

processing equipment; water quality 

and treatment, drinking water additives, 

drinking water treatment systems, 

commercial bottled water, home 

treatment devices, beverage treatment 

technologies; plumbing products, 

plastic pipe; recreational water 

standards, swimming pool, spa, and hot 

tubs and related equipment; waste water 

treatment systems (small, commercial, 

and home treatment systems and 

technologies), biosolids quality and 

treatment, waste water additives; air 

quality, product emissions and filtration 

equipment; and related management 

system standards. 

Additional information concerning 

NSF may be obtained from Jane Wilson, 

Manager, Standards, NSF International 

at (734) 827–6835.

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—Semiconductor Research 

Corporation 

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’’), 

Semiconductor Research Corporation 

has filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

membership status. 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, Chartered Semiconductor 

Mfg., Singapore, SINGAPORE has been 

added to this venture as Member; and 

Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials, 

Marlborough, MA has been added as 

Science Area Member. Also, Compaq 

Computer Corporation, Shrewsbury, 

MA; Conexant Systems, Newport Beach, 

CA; CVC, Inc., Rochester, NY; Eastman 

Kodak Company, Rochester, NY; 

FLIPCHIP Technologies L.L.C., Phoenix, 

AZ; Genus, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA; 

Microcosm Technologies, Inc., Irvine, 

CA; Mission Research Corporation, 

Albuquerque, NM; Neo Linear, Inc., 

Pittsburgh, PA; Numerical 

Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA; 

Physical Electronics Inc., Eden Prairie, 

NM; Shipley Company, Marlborough, 

MA; SILVACO Data Systems, Santa 

Clara, CA; Synopsys, Inc., Mountain 

View, CA; TestChip Technologies, Inc., 

Austin, TX; Tessera, Inc., San Jose, CA; 

Torrex Equipment Corporation, 

Livermore, CA; and Ziptronix, Inc., 

Research Triangle, NC have been 

dropped as parties to this venture. 

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 SRC intends 

to file additional written notification 

disclosing all changes in membership. 

On January 7, 1985, SRC 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 January 30, 1985 (50 FR 4281). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on January 6, 2001. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the 

Act on March 8, 2001 (66 FR 13972).

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division.

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