39902 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 142 / Friday, July 24, 1998 / Notices

On December 19, 1990, Gas

Utilization Research Forum (GURF)

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 January 16, 1991 (56

FR 1655).

The last notification was filed with

the Department on August 11, 1997. A

notice was published in the Federal

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the

Act on November 10, 1997 (62 FR

60530).

Constance K. Robinson,

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—Gas Utilization Research

Forum Project No. 2, Supplemental

Study

Notice is hereby given that, on March

4, 1998, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the

National Cooperative Research and

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C 4301

et seq. (‘‘Act’’), the Gas Utilization

Research Forum (‘‘GURF’’) Project No.

2, Supplemental Study has filed written

notifications simultaneously with the

Attorney General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing changes in its

membership, and of a limited open

period in which to become a new

member of the Supplemental Study, as

a Post-Study Participant. 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,

Amoco Corporation, Naperville, IL;

ARCO International Oil and Gas

Company, Plano, TX; BG plc,

Loughborough, Leicestershire, United

Kingdom; Chevron Research and

Technology Company, Richmond, CA;

Exxon Production Research Company,

Houston, TX; Gaz de France, Nantes

Cedex 1, France; Mobil Technology

Company, Dallas, TX; and Texaco

Natural Gas International, Houston, TX,

are current members of the

Supplemental Study

Membership in the Supplemental

Study, which has been closed as of the

Supplemental Study Completion Date,

has been reopened to Post-Study

Participants for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date this notice appears

in the Federal Register. The members of

the Supplemental Study intend to file

additional written notification

disclosing all changes in membership.

Information regarding participation in

GURF Project No. 2, Supplemental

Study may be obtained from Dennis

Winegar, Vice President, International

Marketing & Business Development,

Texaco Global Gas and Power, 1111

Bagby Street, Houston, TX, 77002,

Telephone (713) 752–7654, Facsimile:

(713) 752–4681.

On May 15, 1995, GURF 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 20, 1995, (60 FR 32170).

The last notification was filed with

the Department on September 23, 1996.

A notice was published in the Federal

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the

Act on November 5, 1996, (61 FR

56971).

Constance K. Robinson,

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—Intelligent Maintenance

Advisor for Turbine Engines (IMATE)

Notice is hereby given that, on March

2, 1998, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the

National Cooperative Research and

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), GE Aircraft Engines

(GEAE) 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 General Electric Company, acting by

and through GEAE, Cincinnati, OH;

General Electric’s Corporate Research

and Development Division,

Schenectady, NY; Lockhead Martin

Company, Bethesda, MD, acting by and

through its Control Systems Division,

Johnson City, NY; Oceana Sensor

Technologies, Inc., Virginia Beach, VA;

Applied Research Laboratory of Penn

State University, State College, PA. The

nature and objectives of the venture are

to implement Cooperative Agreement

No. MDA972–98–3–002, sponsored by

the Defense Advanced Research Projects

Agency. The technical objective of this

program is to design and test a

condition-based intelligent maintenance

advisor for turbine engines in order to

reduce cost of service, improve

maintenance planning, and minimize

unnecessary component removals. In

addition, the IMATE program will

provide the technologies needed for

developing the global, propulsion assetmanagement infrastructures.

Constance K. Robinson,

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 Michigan Materials and

Processing Institute

Notice is hereby given that, on

February 9, 1998, 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

Michigan Materials and Processing

Institute (‘‘MMPI’’) 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.

MMPI has been merged into the

National Center for Manufacturing

Sciences (‘‘NCMS’’). NCMS is the

surviving corporation, and the separate

legal existence of MMPI has ceased

(except as it may be continued by

operation of law), as of December 31,

1997. Membership in this group

research project is no longer open, and

organizations interested in university/

industry cooperative projects involving

polymer and polymer composites are

referred to NCMS.

On August 7, 1990, MMPI 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 September 6, 1990, 55 Fed. Reg.

36710. The last notification was filed

with the Department on December 16,

1997. A notice was published in the

Federal Register pursuant to Section
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6(b) of the Act on February 27, 1998, 63

FR 10041.

Constance K. Robinson,

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 Media Laboratory

Strategic Alliance

Notice is hereby given that, on

December 19, 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

National Media Laboratory Strategic

Alliance 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 Minnesota Mining and

Manufacturing Company (‘‘3M’’), St.

Paul, MN; Ceridian Corporation, acting

through its Computing Devices

International Division, Bloomington,

MN; Ampex Data Systems Corporation,

Redwood City, CA; Imation Corporation,

Oakdale, MN; Lucent Technologies,

Inc., Murray Hill, NJ; Motorola,

Schaumburg, IL. The name of the

venture is the ‘‘National Media

Laboratory Strategic Alliance’’, and was

entered on November 4, 1997. The

nature and objectives of the venture are

to perform research and development in

the area of information technologies and

provide prototype solutions necessary to

support military and intelligence

community requirements. Some of the

information technologies covered

include high bandwidth information

communication, compression,

computing displays, information

processing, records management, online interactive training, assisted target

recognition, multi-media databases, data

architectures, storage media, and storage

devices.

Membership in the Consortium will

remain open and the Consortium will

file additional written notifications

disclosing all changes in membership.

Constance K. Robinson,

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 (‘‘PCA’’)

Notice is hereby given that, on

February 25, 1998, pursuant to Section

6(a) 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 status. 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 changes in

the PCA list of members have occurred:

Independent Cement Corporation

should be deleted and now listed as St.

Lawrence Cement Company, Albany,

NY; and Fuller-Kovako should also be

deleted and now listed as Fuller Bulk

Handling, Behtlehem, PA. New

members are: Roanoke Cement

Company, Roanoke, VA; and Lone Star

Northwest, Inc., Seattle, WA.

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 Portland

Cement Association (‘‘PCA’’) intends to

file additional written notification

disclosing all changes in membership.

On January 7, 1985, Portland Cement

Association (‘‘(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 September 15, 1997.

A notice was published in the Federal

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the

Act on October 31, 1997 (62 FR 58982).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Immigration and Naturalization Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Extension of Existing

Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection

Under Review; Affidavit of Support

under Section 213A of the Act and

Notification of Reimbursement of

Means-Tested Benefits.

The Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) approval is being sought for the

information collection listed below.

This proposed information collection

was previously published in the Federal

Register on April 2, 1998 at 63 FR

16277, allowing for emergency review

with a 60-day public comment period.

No comments were received by the

Immigration and Naturalization Service.

The purpose of this notice is to allow an

additional 30 days for public comments.

Comments are encouraged and will be

accepted until August 24, 1998. This

process is conducted in accordance with

5 CFR Part 1320.10.

Written comments and/or suggestions

regarding the item(s) contained in this

notice, especially regarding the

estimated public burden and associated

response time, should be directed to the

Office of Management and Budget,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Attention: Dan Chenok, 202–

395–7316, Department of Justice Desk

Officer, Washington, DC 20503.

Additionally, comments may be

submitted to OMB via facsimile to 202–

395–7285. Comments may also be

submitted to the Department of Justice

(DOJ), Justice Management Division,

Information Management and Security

Staff, Attention: Department Clearance

Officer, Suite 850, 1001 G Street NW.,

Washington, DC 20530. Comments may

also be submitted to DOJ via facsimile

to 202–514–1534.

Written comments and suggestions

from the public and affected agencies

should address one or more of the

following four points:

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the

agencies estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumption used;

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and