3416 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 16 / Thursday, January 25, 2007 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—National Biodiesel 

Accreditation Commission 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

January 3, 2007, 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 

Biodiesel Accreditation Commission 

(‘‘NBAC’’) has filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing additions or 

change to it standards development 

activities. the notifications were filed for 

the purpose of extending the Act’s 

provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damage 

under specified circumstances. 

Specifically, NBAC has amended 

various aspects of its BQ–9000 standard 

in several ways, including but not 

limited to: Lengthening the certification 

period; requiring an annual surveillance 

audit; requiring six months of full 

operation before an applicant may 

apply; amending the requirements of a 

desk audit; requiring the applicant to 

maintain a Document Status form; to 

track amendments to applicant’s Quality 

Manual; lengthening the period of 

required recordkeeping; and separating 

the marketer and producer standards. 

On August 27, 2004, NBAC filed its 

original notification pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the Act. The Department of 

Justice published a notice in Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

act on October 4, 2004 (69 FR 59269). 

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—National Conference of 

Public Officials, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

December 11, 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 Conference of Public Officials, 

Inc. (‘‘NCOPO’’) 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 Conference of 

Public Officials, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. 

The nature and scope of NCOPO’s 

standards development activities are: To 

develop, plan, establish, coordinate and 

publish voluntary consensus standards 

applicable to the fields of government 

ethics, accountability and productivity. 

Specifically, NCOPO, a nonprofit 

corporation consisting of elected and 

appointed public officials as voting 

members and attorneys, government 

contractors, nonprofit organizations 

engaged in public advocacy, political 

parties and other stakeholders as nonvoting members, develops, plans, 

establishes, coordinates and publishes 

voluntary consensus standards in the 

form of model uniform codes and 

standards for adoption with or without 

modification by any Federal, State or 

municipal governmental unit as 

statutes, ordinances, administrative 

codes and regulations, or court rules of 

procedures covering nine topical 

subjects, consisting of (1) Ethics and 

standards of conduct for public and 

political officeholders; (2) public safety, 

Homeland and national security; (3) 

prosecution, public defenders, legal aid 

societies, and other court and judicial 

matters; (4) public accessibility to 

government, campaign financing, voting 

accessibility, elections and 

administration of political parties and 

campaign committees; (5) 

administrative and regulator processes; 

(6) land use, planning, zoning, 

environmental protection and energy 

conservation; (7) public infrastructure, 

public property, transportation and 

public transit; (8) delivery of healthcare 

and social relief and welfare services, 

public education; and (9) other 

miscellaneous matters not covered by 

the aforementioned topics. 

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—Portland Cement 

Association 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

December 8, 2006, pursuant to Section 

69a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

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

Portland Cement Association (‘‘PCA’’) 

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, Vezer’s PIC, Suisun, CA 

has become an Associate Member. 

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 PCA intends 

to file additional written notification 

disclosing all changes in membership. 

On January 7, 1985, PCA 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 February 5, 1985 (50 FR 5015). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on July 10, 2006. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on August 9, 2006 (71 FR 45581). 

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—PXI Systems Alliance, 

Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

December 21, 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’’), PXI 

Systems Alliance, Inc. has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

membership. The notifications were 


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