28548 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 100 / Wednesday, May 23, 2001 / Notices

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the

Act on October 6, 2000 (65 FR 59875).

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

Notice is hereby given that, on April

18, 2001, 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,

FMSC Group Inc., Bethlehem, PA has

been added as an Associate Member of

this venture; and Bulk Materials

International Company, Newton, CT is

no longer an Associate Member. Also,

Southdown, Inc., Owen Sound, Ontario,

CANADA was acquired by CEMEX,

Monterrey, MEXICO; and Southdown,

Inc. and CEMEX USA, Houston, TX are

now known as Cemex, Inc.

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 of February 5, 1995 (50 FR 5015).

The last notification was filed with

the Department on February 13, 2001. A

notice was published in the Federal

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the

Act on March 8, 2001 (66 FR 13971).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 01–13032 Filed 5–22–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—The SNP Consortium Ltd.

Notice is hereby given that, on

January 31, 2000 and April 14, 2000,

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 SNP Consortium

(‘‘TSC’’) 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, International Business

Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY;

Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL; and

Amersham Pharmacia Biotech Inc.,

Piscataway, NJ have been added as

parties to this venture. In addition,

Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc.,

Bridgewater, NJ, has been recognized

and is now named Aventis

Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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 TSC intends

to file additional written notification

disclosing all changes in membership.

On April 20, 1999, TSC 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 October 7, 1999 (64 FR 54645).

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—VSI Alliance

Notice is hereby given that, on April

10,2001, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the

National Cooperative Research and

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

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

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, Arasan Chip System, San

Jose, CA; Axeon Limited, Aberdeen,

Scotland, UNITED KINGDOM; Beach

Solutions Ltd., Tavistock, England,

UNITED KINGDOM; Annette Bunker

(individual member), Salt Lake City,

UT; Jeffrey Choi (Jong Kwan)

(individual member), San Jose, CA;

InTime Software, Inc., Cupertino, CA;

Memec Core, Raleigh, NC; Morpho

Technologies, Irvine, CA; Nazomi

Communications, Inc., Santa Clara, CA;

Gang Qu (individual member), College

Park, MD; Verplex Systems, Inc.,

Milpitas, CA; and Xi’An Swip Co., Ltd.,

Xi’an, Shaangxi, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC

OF CHINA have been added as parties

to this venture. Also, 3Com Corporation,

Santa Clara, CA; A Priori Microsystems,

Inc., Fukuoka, JAPAN; Artest Corp.,

Phoenix AZ; Avaz Networks (formerly

Communications Enabling Technology),

Irvine, CA; Prakash Bare (individual

member), San Jose, CA; Gatefield Corp.,

Fremont, CA; Dominique Houzet

(individual member), Toulouse,

FRANCE; IMMS, Thuringen,

GERMANY; Innoveda Ltd., Herzlia,

ISRAEL; Massana, Inc., Campbell, CA;

Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN;

Pivotal Technologies, Pasadena, CA;

RocketChips, Inc., Minneapolis, MN;

Sierra Research and Technology, Inc.,

Westlake Village, CA; Mandayam Sriva

(individual member), Menlo Park, CA;

Synplicity, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA; Texas

Instruments, Inc., Dallas, TX; The

Silicon Group, Austin, TX; and Frank

Vahid (individual member), Riverside,

CA have been dropped 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 VSI Alliance

intends to file additional written

notification disclosing all changes in

membership.

On November 29, 1996, VSI Alliance

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 4, 1997 (62 FR

9812).

The last notification was filed with

the Department on January 16, 2001. A

notice was published in the Federal