53134 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 174 / Friday, September 8, 2006 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Semiconductor Test 

Consortium, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on August 

3, 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’’), Semiconductor Test 

Consortium, Inc. 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, Infineon Tech., AG, 

Neubiberg, Germany; Microhandling 

GmbH, Thansau, Germany; Bitifeye 

Digital Solutions GmbH, Boeblingen, 

Germany; and Carol Dowding/2d 

Consulting, Loveland, CO have been 

added as parties to this venture. Also, 

W.L. Gore, Elkton, MD has withdrawn 

as a party to this venture. In addition, 

Racal Instruments has changed its name 

to EADS North American Defense, 

Irving, CA. 

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 

Semiconductor Test Consortium, Inc. 

intends to file additional written 

notification disclosing all changes in 

membership. 

On May 27, 2003, Semiconductor Test 

Consortium, Inc. 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 June 17, 2003 (68 FR 35913). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on May 10, 2006. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on July 20, 2006 (71 FR 41258). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

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—Sequence VID Test 

Development Consortium 

Notice is hereby given that, on August 

4, 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’’), Sequence VID Test 

Development Consortium 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 extending 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: American Petroleum 

Institute, Washington, DC; General 

Motors Corp., Warren, MI; Chevron 

Products Co., Richmond, CA; Ford 

Motor Company, Dearborn, MI; Lubrizol 

Corporation, Wickliffe, OH; Chevron 

Oronite Company LLC, Richmond, CA; 

Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX; 

ExxonMobil Research & Engineering 

Corporation, Paulsboro, NJ; Infineum 

International, Ltd., Linden, NJ; Afton 

Chemical Corporation, Richmond, VA; 

and R.T. Vanderbilt Co., Inc., Norwalk, 

CT. The general area of Sequence VID 

Test Development Consortium’s 

planned activity is to develop an engine 

dynamometer-based fuel economy test 

for ILSAC GF–5 that will represent the 

viscometric and friction modifier oil 

effects on the fuel economy of current 

and future North American and 

Japanese engines. 

Patricia A. Brink, 

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—Southwest Research 

Institute: Cooperative Research Group 

on High Efficiency Durable Gasoline 

Engine 

Notice is hereby given that, on August 

7, 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’’), Southwest Research 

Institute: Cooperative Research Group 

on High Efficiency Durable Gasoline 

Engine (‘‘HEDGE’’) 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, DaimlerChrysler 

Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI has been 

added as a party 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 HEDGE 

intends to file additional written 

notification disclosing all changes in 

membership. 

On June 10, 2005, HEDGE 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 July 7, 2005 (70 FR 39339). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on May 16, 2006. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on June 28, 2006 (71 FR 36830). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

Petitions for Modification 

The following parties have filed 

petitions to modify the application of 

existing safety standards under section 

101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and 

Health Act of 1977 and 30 CFR part 44. 

1. FKZ Coal, Inc. 

[Docket No. M–2006–019–C] 

FKZ Coal, Inc., P.O. Box 62, Locust 

Gap, Pennsylvania 17840 has filed a 

petition to modify the application of 30 

CFR 75.1400 (Hoisting equipment; 

general) to its No. 1 Slope Mine (MSHA 

I.D. No. 36–08637) located in 

Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. 

The petitioner requests that previously 

granted petition for modification, docket 

number M–98–012–C, be amended to 

change the wire rope from 7⁄8-inch wire 


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