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###### Department of Justice

###### Antitrust Division

                    Notice is hereby given that, on July 26, 2006, 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 Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. (“NCMS”) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership. 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, BiODE, Inc., Westbrook, ME; Cor-Met Inc., Brighton, MI; Decagon Devices, Inc., Pullman, WA; The Euclid Chemical Company, Cleveland, OH; Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership, Plymouth, MI; GKN Aerospace, Tallassee, AL; Midwest Thermal Spray, Farmington Hills, MI; and Smiths Detection-Danbury, Danbury, CT have been added as parties to this venture. Also, CGTech, Irvine, CA; Detroit Tool & Engineering Division, Vernon Hills, IL; DIT-MCO International, Kansas City, MO; ESSIbuy.com, Inc., St. Louis, MO; and Materials & Manufacturing Ontario, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada have withdrawn as parties to this venture.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 NCMS intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.

                    On February 20, 1987, NCMS 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 March 17, 1987 (52 FR 8375).                

                    The last notification was filed with the Department of Justice on May 3, 2006. A notice was published in the                     **Federal Register**                     pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on May 31, 2006 (71 FR 30960).                

Patricia A. Brink,

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 06-6956 Filed 8-15-06; 8:45 am]

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