19638 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 86 / Thursday, May 2, 1996 / Notices

USAID. Disbursements under the loan

will be subject to certain conditions

required of the Borrower by USAID as

set forth in agreements between USAID

and the Borrower.

The full repayment of the loans will

be guaranteed by USAID. The USAID

guaranty will be backed by the full faith

and credit of the United States of

America and will be issued pursuant to

authority in Section 222 of the Foreign

Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (the

‘‘Act’’).

Lenders eligible to receive the USAID

guaranty are those specified in Section

238(c) of the Act. They are: (1) U.S.

citizens; (2) domestic U.S. corporations,

partnerships, or associations

substantially beneficially owned by U.S.

citizens; (3) foreign corporations whose

share capital is at least 95 percent

owned by U.S. citizens; and, (4) foreign

partnerships or associations wholly

owned by U.S. citizens.

To be eligible for the USAID guaranty,

the loans must be repayable in full no

later than the thirtieth anniversary of

the disbursement of the principal

amount thereof and the interest rates

may be no higher than the maximum

rate established from time to time by

USAID.

Information as to the eligibility of

investors and other aspects of the

USAID housing guaranty program can

be obtained from: Ms. Viviann Gary,

Director, Office of Environment and

Urban Programs, U.S. Agency for

International Development, Room 409,

SA–18, Washington, D.C. 20523–1822,

Fax Nos: 703/875–4384 or 875–4639,

Telephone: 703/875–4300.

Dated: April 26, 1996.

Michael G. Kitay,

Assistant General Counsel, Bureau for Global

Programs, Field Support and Research, U.S.

Agency for International Development.

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BILLING CODE 6116–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993, Joint Research and

Development Program for the

Production of Resistor Packs, Dow

Chemical Company/VisPro

Corporation

Notice is hereby given that, on March

29, 1996, 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 Dow

Chemical Company filed notification

simultaneously with the Attorney

General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing (1) the identities

of the parties and (2) the nature and

objective of a Joint Research and

Development Program in the area of

computer hard drive, disk drive,

substrates. The notification was 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 are The Dow Chemical

Company, Midland, MI and VisPro

Corporation, Beavertown, OR. The

nature and objectives of the venture are

to engage in research and development

on a process for the efficient

manufacture of deslaged substrates of an

aluminum-boron-carbon composite for

deposit of magnetic recording medium;

with the substrates being used for

computer, hard disk drives having

greater memory capacities and

improved performance.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 96–10854 Filed 5–1–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–01–M

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—National Information

Infrastructure Testbed

Notice is hereby given that, on

January 30, 1996, pursuant to Section

6(a) of the National Cooperative

Research and Production Act of 1993,

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

National Information Infrastructure

Testbed (‘‘NIIT’’) has filed written

notifications simultaneously with the

Attorney General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing changes in

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. Pursuant

to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identity

of the additional members of NIIT are:

Bay Area Multimedia Technology

Association (BAMTA), Santa Clara, CA;

Information Systems Branch, British

Columbia, CANADA; Information

Technology Service, U.S. General

Services Administration, Washington,

DC; Medical Records Institute, Newton,

MA; National Biological Survey, U.S.

Department of the Interior, Washington,

DC; Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX;

University of California at Berkeley,

Berkeley, CA; United States Fish and

Wildlife Service, Washington, DC; West

Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.

Organizations that are no longer NIIT

members are: C&M Science Innovations;

Cabletron Systems, Inc.; Consortium for

International Earth Science Information

Network; Cornell University/Cornell

Theory Center; Covia Technologies, Inc.;

Earth Observation Satellite Company;

Entergy Services, Inc.; Intel Corporation;

Lancet Online; Lawrence Berkeley

Laboratory; Lotus Development

Corporation; Methodist Health Network

of Iowa; NASA Commercial Remote

Sensing Program; National Institute for

Standards and Technology; Novell, Inc.;

StrataCom, Inc.; Syracuse University/

Northeast Parallel Architecture Center;

WilTel, Inc.; University of Illinois/

National Center for Supercomputing

Applications.

No other changes have been made in

the membership, nature or objectives of

the consortium. Membership in NIIT

remains open. The consortium intends

to file additional written notifications

disclosing all changes in membership.

On December 7, 1993, NIIT 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 May 18, 1994 (59 FR 25960).

The last notification was filed with

the Department of Justice on April 11,

1995. A notice has not yet been

published in the Federal Register.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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BILLING CODE 4410–01–M

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—National Storage Industry

Consortium—Ultrahigh Capacity

Optical Disk (‘‘UCOD’’) Project

Notice is hereby given that, on

December 12, 1995, 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

National Storage Industry Consortium

(‘‘NISC’’) has filed written notifications

on behalf of Carnegie Mellon University;

Eastman Kodak Company; and SDL Inc.,

simultaneously with the Attorney

General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing (1) the identities

of the parties and (2) the nature and

objectives of the project. 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 project are NSIC, San Diego, CA;

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,