Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 37 / Thursday, February 26, 2009 / Notices 8811 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—American International 

Recruitment Council 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

January 27, 2009, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’) 

American International Recruitment 

Council (‘‘AIRC’’) 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: American International 

Recruitment Council, Cincinnati, OH. 

The nEtture and scope of AIRC’s 

standards development activities are: (i) 

Develop standards of ethical practice 

pertaining to recruitment of 

international students to American 

educational institutions, such standards 

to address two constituencies: 

Educational Institutions and Student 

Recruitment Agents; (ii) develop best 

practices and training to assist overseas 

student recruitment agents and 

institutions themselves to better serve 

students seeking admission to American 

educational institutions, and (iii) 

establish a framework through which 

participating agents can have their 

practices certified. 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–4025 Filed 2–25–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Electric Utility Industry 

Sustainable Supply Chain Alliance, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

February 2, 2009, 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 

Electric Utility Industry Sustainable 

Supply Chain Alliance, Inc. (‘‘the 

Alliance’’) 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: Electric Utility Industry 

Sustainable Supply Chain Alliance, Inc., 

Raleigh, NC. The nature and scope of 

the Alliance’s standards development 

activities are to improve the 

environmental performance of 

participants in the supply chains 

utilized by electric utilities, focusing on 

the development of voluntary consensus 

standards for evaluating the following: 

the environmental attributes of key 

materials and services provided to the 

electric utility industry; the 

environmental performance of suppliers 

to the electric utility industry; and the 

environmental performance of an 

electric utility industry company’s 

supply chain operations. 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–4028 Filed 2–25–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Industrial 

Macromolecular Crystallography 

Association 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

January 16, 2009, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’) 

Industrial Macromolecular 

Crystallography Association (‘‘IMCA’’) 

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, SmithKline Beecham 

Corporation, operating as Glaxo 

SmithKline, Philadelphia, PA; and 

Pfizer Global Research and 

Development, Groton, CT 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 IMCA intends 

to file additional written notifications 

disclosing all changes in membership. 

On October 23, 1990, IMCA 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 December 3, 1990 (55 FR 49952). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on August 21, 2007. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on November 7, 2007 (72 FR 62865). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–4018 Filed 2–25–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Interchangeable Virtual 

Instruments Foundation, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

January 21, 2009, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’) 

Interchangeable Virtual Instruments 

Foundation, 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, GCSD Division of Harris 

Corporation, Melbourne, FL; and 

California Instruments, San Diego, CA 

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 

Interchangeable Virtual Instruments 

Foundation, Inc. intends to file