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Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on February 2, 2005 (70 FR 5486). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on January 8, 2008. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on February 8, 2008 (73 FR 7592). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E8–10136 Filed 5–8–08; 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—Open SystemC Initiative 

Notice is hereby given that, on March 

25, 2008, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the 

National Cooperative Research and 

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

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Open SystemC 

Initiative (‘‘OSCI’’) 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, Maple Design Automation 

Co., Ltd., Gwacheon, REPUBLIC OF 

KOREA; Texas Instruments 

Incorporated, Stafford, TX; and 

Virtutech, Inc., San Jose, CA have been 

added 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 OSCI intends 

to file additional written notifications 

disclosing all changes in membership. 

On October 9, 2001, OSCI 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 3, 2002 (67 FR 350). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on December 11, 2007. 

A notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on January 28, 2008 (73 FR 4918). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E8–10146 Filed 5–8–08; 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—Ultrafine Grained 

Titanium for Near-Net Shape Forging—

a Pathway to Titanium Market 

Expansion 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

December 17, 2007, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

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

Ultrafine Grained Titanium for Near-net 

Shape Forging—A Pathway to Titanium 

Market Expansion 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: ATI AIlvac, Monroe, NC; 

and GE Global Research, Niskayuna, 

NY. The general area of this group 

research project’s planned activity is to 

develop a novel ultrafine grained 

titanium billet process that will enable 

both near-net shape forging of standard 

alloys into complex components for 

aviation, energy, transportation and 

military markets. 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E8–10139 Filed 5–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Foreign Claims Settlement 

Commission 

[F.C.S.C. Meeting Notice No. 4–08] 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

The Foreign Claims Settlement 

Commission, pursuant to its regulations 

(45 CFR Part 504) and the Government 

in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b), 

hereby gives notice in regard to the 

scheduling of meetings for the 

transaction of Commission business and 

other matters specified, as follows: 

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, May 29, 2008, 

at 1 p.m. 

SUBJECT MATTER: Issuance of Proposed 

Decisions, Amended Proposed 

Decisions, and Orders in claims against 

Albania. 

STATUS: Open. 

All meetings are held at the Foreign 

Claims Settlement Commission, 600 E 

Street, NW., Washington, DC. Requests 

for information, or advance notices of 

intention to observe an open meeting, 

may be directed to: Administrative 

Officer, Foreign Claims Settlement 

Commission, 600 E Street, NW., Room 

6002, Washington, DC 20579. 

Telephone: (202) 616–6988. 

Dated at Washington, DC. 

Mauricio J. Tamargo, 

Chairman. 

[FR Doc. 08–1247 Filed 5–7–08; 2:43 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4410–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration 

[Application Nos. D–11363 & D–11435] 

Proposed Exemptions Involving: D–

11363—Citation Box and Paper Co. 

Profit Sharing Plan and Retirement 

Trust; and D–11435—Merrill Lynch & 

Co., Inc. and BlackRock, Inc. 

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, Labor 

ACTION: Notice of proposed exemption. 

SUMMARY: This document contains a 

notice of pendency before the 

Department of Labor (the Department) of 

proposed exemptions from certain of the 

prohibited transaction restrictions of the 

Employee Retirement Income Security 

Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) and/or 

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the 

Code). 

Written Comments and Hearing 

Requests 

All interested persons are invited to 

submit written comments or requests for 

a hearing on the pending exemption, 

unless otherwise stated in the Notice of 

Proposed Exemption, within 45 days 

from the date of publication of this 

Federal Register Notice. Comments and 

requests for a hearing should state: (1) 

The name, address, and telephone 

number of the person making the 

comment or request, and (2) the nature 

of the person’s interest in the exemption 

and the manner in which the person 

would be adversely affected by the 

exemption. A request for a hearing must 

also state the issues to be addressed and 

include a general description of the 

evidence to be presented at the hearing. 

ADDRESSES: All written comments and 

requests for a hearing (at least three 


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