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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: Hardwood Plywood & Veneer 

Association, Reston, VA. The nature and 

scope of HPVA’s standards development 

activities are: establishment of the 

American National Standard for 

Hardwood and Decorative Plywood, and 

the American National Standard for 

Engineered Wood Flooring. The 

Standard for Hardwood and Decorative 

Plywood covers the principal types, face 

grades, back grades, inner ply grades 

and constructions of plywood made 

primarily with hardwood faces, 

formaldehyde emissions for hardwood 

plywood and certain reconstituted wood 

wall panels. Included are requirements 

for wood species and veneer grading; 

lumber, particle board, medium density 

fiberboard, and hardboard cores; bond 

line performance; panel construction; 

moisture content; and panel dimensions 

and tolerances. The standard provides 

producers, distributors, architects, 

contractors, builders and users with a 

common basis for understanding the 

characteristics of these products. 

The Standard for Engineered Wood 

Flooring covers requirements for 

grading, moisture content, machining, 

bond line construction, formaldehyde 

emissions, and finish of engineered 

wood flooring. This standard is 

intended to provide producers, 

distributors, and users with a 

description of the characteristics and 

the basis for the manufacture and sale 

of these products.

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy 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—IMS Global Learning 

Consortium, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

December 8, 2004, 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 IMS Global 

Learning 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 under 

specified circumstances. Specifically, 

NHSU, London, United Kingdom has 

been added as a party 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 IMS Global 

Learning Consortium, Inc. intends to file 

additional written notification 

disclosing all changes in membership. 

On April 7, 2000, IMS Global 

Learning Consortium, Inc. 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 13, 2000 (65 FR 

55283). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on September 21, 2004. 

A notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the 

Act on November 29, 2004 (69 FR 

69395).

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy 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—International Association 

of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

December 10, 2004, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

International Association of Plumbing 

and Mechanical Officials (‘‘IAPMO’’) 

has filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing additions or 

changes to its standards development 

activities. 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 nature and scope of 

IAPMO’s standards development 

activities are: to provide for the erection, 

installation, alternation, addition, 

repair, relocation, replacement, 

maintenance, or use of any solar, 

swimming pool, spa or hot tub system. 

On September 14, 2004, IAPMO 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 November 29, 2004 

(69 FR 69396).

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy 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—International 

Electrotechnical Commission 

Technical Committee 72

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 17, 2004, pursuant to section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

International Electrotechnical 

Commission Technical Committee 72 

(‘‘IEC TC 72’’), by its Secretariat, 

National Electrical Manufacturers 

Association (‘‘NEMA’’), 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: International Electrotechnical 

Commission Technical Committee 72, 

Rosslyn, VA. The nature and scope of 

IEC TC 72’s standards development 

activities are: related to automatic 

electrical control devices used in 

household and some industrial 

products. IEC TC 72 currently maintains 

a series of IEC 60730 standards dealing 

with requirements for components used 

in different types of control devices 

including relays, valves, sensors, 

actuators, locks and the like. The