[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81650-81651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32430]


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 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--United Negro College Fund Special Programs 
Research and Development Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on November 29, 2010, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), United Negro College Fund 
Special Programs Research and Development Consortium (``UNCFSP-RDC'') 
has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney 
General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities 
of the parties, 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 
are: Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL; Alabama State University, 
Montgomery, AL; Albany State University, Albany, GA; Alcorn State 
University, Alcorn State, MS; Benedict College, Columbia, SC; 
California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton, CA; California 
State University at San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA; Cheyney 
University of Pennsylvania, Cheyney, PA; Claflin University, 
Orangeburg, SC; Clark-Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA; Delaware State 
University, Dover, DE; Dillard University, New Orleans, LA; Edward 
Waters College, Jacksonville, FL; Elizabeth City State University, 
Elizabeth City, NC; Grambling State University, Grambling, LA; Jackson 
State University, Jackson, MS; Jarvis Christian College, Hawkins, TX; 
Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC; Langston University, 
Langston, OK; Lincoln University of Missouri, Jefferson City, MO; 
Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA; Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD; 
North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; Oakwood 
University, Huntsville, AL; Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, San 
Juan, Puerto Rico; San Francisco University, San Francisco, CA; 
Savannah State University, Savannah, GA; South Carolina State 
University, Orangeburg, SC; Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA; 
Spelman College, Atlanta, GA; Texas Southern University, Houston, TX; 
Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS; United Negro College Fund Special 
Programs Corporation,

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Falls Church, VA; University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, AR; 
University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX; Voorheese College, 
Denmark, SC; Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, OH; and Winston-Salem 
State University, Winston-Salem, NC.
    The general area of UNCFSP-RDC's planned activity is: (a) conduct 
research and development activities that advance the state-of-the-art 
as well as the scientific, technology, engineering and mathematical 
skills in the fields that are needed to develop and transition new 
technologies for national defense, homeland security, medicine, energy 
and space; (b) to enter into a Section 845 ``Other Transactions'' 
Agreement with the U.S. Army (the ``Government'') for the funding of 
certain research and development to be conducted, in partnership with 
the Government, the Consortium and other Consortium Members, to enhance 
the capabilities of the U.S. Government and its departments and 
agencies in the fields utilizing science, technology, engineering and 
mathematics; (c) to increase the competitiveness of Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities and Other Minority Institutions including 
Hispanic Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities and 
Other Minority Serving Institutions in Government research and 
development programs by partnering and collaborating with each other 
and the Government laboratories; (d) to provide a unified and 
coordinated message to the U.S. Government's Legislative Branch and the 
Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Energy, and Health and Human 
Services and NASA as to the strategic importance of HBCUs and MIs in 
Federal research and development; and (e) to define programs and obtain 
program funding that is focused on the development of this under 
utilized national asset that will result in improvements or new 
research and development in all the sciences.
    Additional information concerning the UNCFSP-RDC can be obtained 
from Mr. Darold L. Griffin, Organization Committee, UNCFSP-RDC, in care 
of Engineering and Management Executive, Inc. (EME), 101 South Whiting 
Street, Suite 204, Alexandria, VA 22304-3416, telephone (703) 212-8030, 
Ext. 224, fax (703) 212-8035, e-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#80e5ede5ece2edf4c0e1efecaee3efed"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dabfb7bfb6b8b7ae9abbb5b6f4b9b5b7">[email protected]</span></a>; Mr. Michael J. 
Hester, Vice President, UNCF Special Programs Corporation, 6402 
Arlington Boulevard, Suite 600, Falls Church, VA 22042, telephone (703) 
205-8133, fax (703) 205-7651, e-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#533e3a303b32363f7d3b362027362113263d303520237d3c2134"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="91fcf8f2f9f0f4fdbff9f4e2e5f4e3d1e4fff2f7e2e1bffee3f6">[email protected]</span></a>; or Dr. 
James J. Valdes (PhD), Scientific Advisor for Biotechnology, U.S. Army 
Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center, ATTN: RDCB-DR, 5183 Blackhawk 
Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21020-5424, telephone (410) 436-1396, 
fax (410) 436-3930, e-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0a606b676f79247c6b666e6f794a7f79246b78677324676366"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b7ddd6dad2c499c1d6dbd3d2c4f7c2c499d6c5dace99dadedb">[email protected]</span></a>.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-32430 Filed 12-27-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-11-M


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