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(‘‘OPEI’’) 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: Outdoor Power Equipment Institute, 

Alexandria, VA. The nature and scope 

of OPEI’s standards development 

activities are: The development of 

voluntary standards for wheeled and 

handheld outdoor power equipment 

including, but not limited to: Walkbehind mowers; ride-on machines with 

mowers; snow throwers; commercial 

turf care equipment; powered shredder/

grinders and shredded/baggers; walkbehind powered rotary tillers; handheld and backpack, gasoline-enginepowered blowers; grass trimmers; and 

brush cutters.

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—Petroleum Environmental 

Research Forum Project No. 03–03

Notice is hereby given that, on 

November 2, 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’’), 

Petroleum Environmental Research 

Forum Project No. 03–03 (‘‘PERF; 

Project No. 03–03’’) 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: ChevronTexaco Energy Technology 

Company, Richmond, CA; ExxonMobil 

Production Company, Houston, TX; 

Total E&P Services, Courbevoie, 

FRANCE; Halliburton Energy Services 

Group, Houston, TX; and Statoil ASA, 

Stavanger, NORWAY. The general area 

of PERF Project No. 03–03’s planned 

activity is to generate a set of model 

technical standards that may be 

incorporated into regulations 

(framework) based on a risk approach to 

protect health and the environment at 

E&P operations. The activities to be 

carried out include the development of 

a framework from which risk based 

technical standards can be derived. 

Participation in this joint venture will 

remain open to qualified persons and 

organizations, and the participants 

intend to file additional written 

notifications disclosing all changes in 

membership.

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—Petroleum Environmental 

Research Forum Project No. 2002–13

Notice is hereby given that, on 

October 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’’), 

Petroleum Environmental Research 

Forum Project No. 2002–13 (‘‘PERF 

Project No. 2002–13’’) 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: ExxonMobil Research and 

Engineering Company, Fairfax, VA; 

ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX; 

and Unocal, Sugarland, TX. The nature 

and objectives of the venture are to 

create a forum for sharing information 

regarding the industry’s water 

management practices. This may 

include water reuse solutions in 

practice, rejected reuse solutions, case 

studies in the area of water reuse/

minimization/optimization, produced 

water reclamation, wastewater recovery, 

and tools used to develop these 

solutions. The program will be carried 

out through compiling, presenting and 

exchanging of individual research 

projects, including identification of 

methods to improve water management 

for industry.

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—The Software Defined 

Radio Form 

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’’), The 

Software Defined Radio Forum (‘‘SDR 

Forum’’ 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 Software Defined Radio Forum, 

Denver, CO. The nature and scope of 

SDR Forum’s standards development 

activities are: (a) To promote the 

development and application of a 

compatible modular technology base for 

software-defined information transfer 

systems and devices; (b) to comprise an 

international group of equipment 

vendors, subsystem vendors, software 

developers, technology developers, 

communication service providers, 

research and engineering organizations, 

government users, regulators and other 

interested parties who share the 

common business interest of supporting 

the advancement of a compatible 

modular technology base for multimode 

multiband information transfer systems 

and devices; (c) to promote the 

development and application of such 

technology worldwide; (d) to promote 

national and international compatibility 

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and interoperability for such 

technology; (e) to develop and/or 

promulgate uniform standards for such 

technology; and (f) to conduct 

cooperative research, perform tests and 

prepare and disseminate informational 

materials relating to such technology.

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—Southwest Research 

Institute: The Consortium for NASGRO 

Development and Support 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

October 18, 2004, pursuant to section 

6(a) of the nat8ional Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

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

Southwest Research Institute: The 

Consortium for NASGRO Development 

and Support has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in the 

membership and project status of the 

venture. 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, the period of performance 

has been extended to May 31, 2007. 

Additionally, Honeywell International, 

Inc., Phoenix, AZ, has been added as a 

party to this venture; and Agusta s.p.a., 

Costina Costa de Samarate, Italy; Korea 

Aerospace Industries, Ltd., Kyungnam, 

Korea; and Mitsubishi Heavy Industry, 

Ltd., Nagoya, Japan are no longer active 

participants. 

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 Southwest 

Research Institute: The Consortium for 

NASGRO Development and Support 

intends to file additional written 

notification disclosing all changes in 

membership. 

On October 3, 2001, Southwest 

Research Institute: the Consortium for 

NASGRO Development and Support 

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 22, 2002 (67 

FR 2910). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on August 7, 2003. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the 

Act on September 8, 2003 (68 FR 

52959).

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—Steel Joist Institute 

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’’), Steel 

Joist Institute (‘‘SJI’’) 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: Steel Joist Institute, Myrtle Beach, 

SC. The nature and scope of SJI’s 

standards development activities are: 

Continually develop standard 

specifications for the steel joist industry 

through the American National 

Standards Institute through consensus 

balloting.

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—Steel Tank Institute 

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’’), Steel 

Tank Institute (‘‘STI’’) 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: Steel Tank Institute, Lake Zurich, IL. 

The nature and scope of STI’s standards 

development activities are: To develop, 

promulgate and publish voluntary 

consensus standards, recommended 

practices and installation guidelines for 

the manufacture, installation, testing 

and inspection of underground and 

aboveground shop-fabricated steel 

storage tanks. STI standards ensure that 

underground and aboveground shopfabricated steel storage tanks meet 

standards for safety and reliability so 

that users and other members of the 

public are assured that such tanks are 

properly manufactured, installed, tested 

and inspected. STI’s voluntary 

consensus standards are developed by 

STI members and other interested 

parties who wish to participate in the 

process. 

Additional information concerning 

STI can be obtained from Wayne Geyer, 

Executive Director, STI, at (847) 438–

8265 (ext. 234).

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—Unified Abrasive 

Manufacturers Association 

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’’), 

Unified Abrasive Manufacturers 

Association (‘‘UAMA’’) has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade