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Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97–7108 Filed 3–19–97; 8:45 am]

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Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Advanced Lead-Acid

Battery Consortium

Notice is hereby given that, on

January 29, 1997, 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

Advanced Lead-Acid Battery

Consortium (‘‘ALABC’’), a program of

International Lead Zinc Research

Organization, Inc., filed written

notification simultaneously with the

Attorney General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing changes in its

membership. The notification was filed

for the purpose of extending the Act’s

provisions limiting the recovery of

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages

under specified circumstances.

Specifically, Accumulatorenwerke

Hoppecke, Brilon, Germany; Battery

Energy South Pacific, Fairfield,

Australia; Bolder Technologies, Wheat

Ridge, CO; Douglas Battery, WinstonSalem, NC; Electrosource, Inc., Austin,

TX; Amer-Sil, Kehlen, Luxembourg;

Entek International, Ltd., Killingworth,

United Kingdom; Norvik Traction,

Mississauga, Canada; Omni-Oxide, LLC,

Indianapolis, IN; Brittania Refined

Metals, Kent, United Kingdom; Eco-Bat,

Paderno Dugnano, Italy; ITRI, Ltd.,

Middx, England; ZSW, Center for Solar

Energy and Hydrogen Research, Ulm,

Germany; and CITELEC, Brussels,

Belgium have made written

commitments to the Consortium.

Berzelius Metal GmbH, Brauback,

Germany; BMG Metall und Recycling,

Arnoldstein, Austria; and Society de

Traitments Chimiques Des Metaux,

Bazoches Les Gallerandes, France have

made verbal commitments to the

Consortium. Cookson Entek, Ltd.,

Killingworth, United Kingdom; O&C

Corporation, Indianapolis, IN; and

Rheinische Zinkgesellschaft, DuisburgWanaim, Germany have withdrawn

from the Consortium. Acumuladores

Mexicanos, Monterrey, NL Mexico has

changed its name to ENERMEX.

No other changes have been made in

either the membership or planned

activity of the Consortium. Membership

in the Consortium remains open and

ALABC intends to file additional

written notification disclosing any

future changes in membership.

On June 15, 1992, the ALABC 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 29, 1992 (57 FR 33522). The

last notification was filed with the

Department on August 13, 1996. The

notice was published in the Federal

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the

Act on August 28, 1996 (61 FR 44347).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 97–7112 Filed 3–19–97; 8:45 am]

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Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—the ATM Forum

Notice is hereby given that, on

January 28, 1997, pursuant to § 6(a) of

the National Cooperative Research and

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C.

§ 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), the ATM

Forum (‘‘Forum’’) 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, the following have been

added as members of the Forum:

Hubbell Premise Wiring Incorporated,

Stonington, CT; and Retix, Marina del

Rey, CA. The following have withdrawn

their membership from the Forum: Mitel

Semiconductor AB; Teltrend, Inc.; and

TUT Systems, Inc. The following have

changed their membership from

auditing members to principal members:

Cell IT Incorporated (formerly FiberTel);

AudioCodes Ltd.; Hekimian

Laboratories, Inc.; and Maker

Communications Incorporated.

No changes have been made in the

planning activities of the Forum.

Membership remains open, and the

Forum intends to file additional written

notifications disclosing all changes in

membership.

On April 19, 1993, the Forum filed its

original notification pursuant to § 6(a) of

the Act. The Department of Justice

published a notice in the Federal

Register pursuant to § 6(b) of the Act of

June 2, 1993 (58 FR 31415). The last

notification was filed on October 30,

1996 and a notice was published in the

Federal Register on December 11, 1996

(61 FR 65238).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 97–7114 Filed 3–19–97; 8:45 am]

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Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Financial Services

Technology Consortium, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on

February 6, 1997, pursuant to § 6(a) of

the National Cooperative Research and

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C.

§ 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), the Financial

Services Technology Consortium, Inc.

(‘‘Consortium’’), has filed written

notification 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, the changes are as follows:

Mitretek Systems, McLean, VA; and the

National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Gaithersburg, MD were

admitted as Advisory Members. The

following parties are no longer

members: Wells Fargo & Co., San

Francisco, CA; Corestates Financial

Corp., Philadelphia, PA; Cardinal

Bancshares, Inc., Atlanta, GA; Open

Market, Inc., Cambridge, MA; Novell,

Inc., Orem, UT; and the Bank

Administration Institution, Chicago, IL.

Membership remains open and the

Consortium intends to file additional

written notifications disclosing all

changes in membership. The

consortium also plans to file additional

notifications disclosing changes in

planned activities of the Consortium.

On October 21, 1993, the Financial

Services Technology Consortium filed

its original notification pursuant to

§ 6(a) of the Act. The Department of

Justice published a notice in the Federal

Register pursuant to § 6(b) of the Act on

December 14, 1993 (58 FR 65399). The

last notification was filed on October 7,

1996. A notice was published in the
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Federal Register on November 5, 1996

(61 FR 56970).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 97–7109 Filed 3–19–97; 8:45 am]

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Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Financial Services

Technology Consortium’s Bank

Internet Payment System Project

Notice is hereby given that, on

January 15, 1997, pursuant to § 6(a) of

the National Cooperative Research and

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C.

§ 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), the Financial

Services Technology Consortium’s

(‘‘Consortium’’) Bank Internet Payment

System Project (‘‘Project’’) 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 Project.

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

§ 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the

members of the Project are: Tandem

Computers, Cupertino, CA; Concept

Five Technologies, Inc., Burlington,

MA; Fujitsu Research Institute, Tokyo,

JAPAN; Glenview State Bank, Glenview,

IL; and Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh, PA.

The Project’s area of planned activity

is to research and develop a secure,

reliable, comprehensive and widely

available infrastructure for making

payments via the existing banking

system, which will support electronic

commerce and other on-line business

and personal finance transactions.

The Consortium will file additional

written notifications disclosing all

changes in membership in the Bank

Internet Payment Systems Project.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 97–7111 Filed 3–19–97; 8:45 am]

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Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Northrop Grumman

Corporation—Novel Process

Technology

Notice is hereby given that, on

January 28, 1997, 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

Northrop Grumman Corporation 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: Northrop Grumman

Corporation, Bethpage, NY; Reynolds

Metals Company, Chester, VA; ERG

Materials and Aerospace Corporation,

Oakland, CA. The nature and objectives

of the venture is that the parties will

perform a cooperative agreement under

which they will conduct joint research

to develop and demonstrate a novel

process technology that has the

potential to significantly improve the

performance and reduce the cost of

structure components used in the

Department of Defense (DoD) systems.

Membership in this venture remains

open, and the parties intend to file

additional written notifications

disclosing all changes in the

membership.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 97–7110 Filed 3–19–97; 8:45 am]

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Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Portland Cement

Association

Notice is hereby given that, on

February 21, 1997 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

Portland Cement Association filed

written notifications simultaneously

with the Attorney General and the

Federal Trade Commission disclosing

changes in 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,

Giant Cement Holding, Inc., Bath, PA

has resigned from PCA; Fuller-Kovako

Corporation, Bethlehem, PA has become

an associate Member of the

Manufacturing Process Committee;

Colorado/Wyoming Shippers

Association, Denver, CO has been

dissolved and is now listed as the Rocky

Mountain Concrete Promotion Council;

and the Utah Idaho Cement Shippers

Association, Salt Lake City, UT has been

dissolved and is now listed as the

Southeast Cement Shippers Association.

No other changes have been made in

either the membership or planned

activity of PCA.

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 notificaiton was filed with the

Department on January 17, 1997. A

notice was published in the Federal

Register on February 10, 1997 (62 FR

6012).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 97–7113 Filed 3–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Business Research Advisory Council;

Notice of Meetings and Agenda

The regular Spring meetings of the

Business Research Advisory Council

and its committees will be held on April

9 and 10, 1997. All of the meetings will

be held in the Conference Center of the

Postal Square Building, 2 Massachusetts

Avenue, NE., Washington, DC.

The Business Research Advisory

Council and its committees advise the

Bureau of Labor Statistics with respect

to technical matters associated with the

Bureau’s programs. Membership

consists of technical officers from

American business and industry.

The schedule and agenda for the

meetings are as follows:

Wednesday, April 9, 1997

10:00–11:30 a.m.—Committee on

Compensation and Working Conditions

1. Update on National Compensation

Survey (NCS) activities

2. NCS marketing materials

3. NCS Calibration

1:00–2:30 p.m.—Committee on

Employment and Unemployment

Statistics

1. Welcome and introductions

2. Longitudinal establishment (ES–202)

data

3. Current Population Survey (CPS)

longitudinal data

3:00–4:30 p.m.—Committee on

Productivity and Foreign Labor

Statistics

1. Report on recent developments in the

Office of Productivity and Technology