13228 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 57 / Thursday, March 26, 2009 / Notices 

Services, Inc., Peoria, IL; Bosch Rexroth 

Corporation, Hoffman Estates, IL; 

Chrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI; 

Clockwork Solutions, Inc., Austin, TX; 

Decagon Devices, Inc., Pullman, WA; 

DEKA Research & Development 

Corporation, Manchester, NH; 

Dimensional Photonics International, 

Inc., Wilmington, MA; Ethereal 

Technologies, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI; 

ExOne Company, Irwin, PA; Extrude 

Hone Corporation, Irwin, PA; 

Freundenberg-NOK General 

Partnership, Plymouth, MI; General 

Motors Corporation, Warren, MI; 

Hardinge Inc., Elmira, NY; Millennium 

Cell Inc., Eatontown, NJ; Moore Tool 

Company, Bridgeport, CT; MTI Micro 

Fuel Cells Inc., Albany, NY; Proto 

Manufacturing Inc., Ypsilanti, MI; 

Protonex Technology Corporation, 

Southborough, MA; Pukoa Scientific, 

LLC, Oviedo, FL; Purdue University, 

West Lafayette, IN; SCRA, N. 

Charleston, SC; SFC Smart Fuel Cell 

AG, Brunnthal, GERMANY; Smiths 

Detection Danbury, Danbury, CT; STEP 

Tools, Inc., Troy, NY; Systems 

Documentation Inc., South Plainfield, 

NJ; TransCanada CNG Technologies 

Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, CANADA; VCD 

Technologies, LLC, San Dimas, CA; and 

Waterjet Tech Inc., St. Louis, MO have 

withdrawn as parties to this venture. 

In addition, Radian Tool & 

Engineering has changed its name to 

Radian Precision, Troy, MI. 

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 NCMS 

intends to file additional written 

notification disclosing all changes in 

membership. 

On February 20, 1987, NCMS 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 March 17, 1987 (52 FR 8375). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on November 14, 2007. 

A notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on February 20, 2008 (73 FR 9357). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–6375 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993 Cooperative Research 

Group on the Development and 

Evaluation of a Gas Chromatograph 

Testing Protocol 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

February 13, 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’’) 

Southwest Research Institute— 

Cooperative Research Group on 

Development and Evaluation of a Gas 

Chromatograph Testing Protocol 

(‘‘GCTP’’) has filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

nature and objective. 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 period of performance 

has been extended to March 15, 2009. 

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 GCTP intends 

to file additional written notifications 

disclosing all changes in membership. 

On March 6, 2008, GCTP 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 April 7, 2008 (73 FR 18813). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on November 26, 2008. 

A notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on December 31, 2008 (73 FR 

80430). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–6376 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Development of Rapid, 

Reliable, and Economical Methods for 

Inspection and Monitoring of Highway 

Bridges 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

February 24, 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’’) 

Development of Rapid, Reliable, and 

Economical Methods for Inspection and 

Monitoring of Highway Bridges 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 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 to the 

venture are: The University of Texas at 

Austin, Austin, TX; National 

Instruments Corporation, Austin, TX; 

and Wiss, Janey, Elstner Associates, 

Inc., Northbrook, IL. The general area of 

Development of Rapid, Reliable, and 

Economical Methods for Inspection and 

Monitoring of Highway Bridges’ 

planned activity is to conduct certain 

specified research involving the 

development of innovative technologies 

for inspecting, monitoring, and 

evaluating critical components of the 

nation’s roadways and bridges 

(including the development of efficient, 

accurate, low-cost and reliable wireless 

sensors and related technologies that 

can provide quantitative assessments of 

the structural integrity or degree of 

deterioration of bridges and roadways). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–6372 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Network Centric 

Operations Industry Consortium, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

February 18, 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’’) 

Network Centric Operations Industry 

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