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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: Intersocietal 

Accreditation Commission, Columbia, 

MD. The nature and scope of IAC’s 

standards development activities are: 

the development of consensus standards 

for quality assurance in diagnostic 

imaging facilities, thus improving the 

quality of patient care provided in 

private offices clinics and hospitals 

where such medical tests are provided. 

The IAC develops consensus standards 

in the following categories: (a) 

Accreditation of vascular laboratories 

(extracranial cerebrovascular, 

intracranial cerebrovascular, peripheral 

arterial, peripheral venous, visceral 

vascular, screening), (b) accreditation of 

echocardiography laboratories (adult 

transthoracic, adult transesophageal, 

adult stress, pediatric transthoracic, 

pediatric transesophageal, fetal), (c) 

accreditation of nuclear medicine 

laboratories (nuclear cardiology, general 

nuclear medicine, PET), (d) 

accreditation of magnetic resonance 

laboratories (body [pelvis, abdomen, 

chest, and/or breast], cardiovascular, 

musculoskeletal, neurological), and (e) 

accreditation of computed tomography 

laboratories (cardiovascular, whole 

body, neurological, sinus and temporal 

bone). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

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 Advanced Media Workflow 

Association, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on June 

27, 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’’), Advanced Media 

Workflow Association, 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, 

Integrated Media Technologies, North 

Hollywood, CA; and Nielsen, Westport, 

CT, have been added as parties to this 

venture. Also, Convergent Media Labs, 

Marina del Rey, CA has withdrawn 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 Advanced 

Media Workflow Association, Inc., 

intends to file additional written 

notifications disclosing all changes in 

membership. 

On March 28, 2000, Advanced Media 

Workflow Association, 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 June 29, 2000 (65 FR 40127). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on March 21, 2008. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on April 23, 2008 (73 FR 21984). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E8–17507 Filed 7–30–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Institute of Electrical and 

Electronics Engineers 

Notice is hereby given that, on July 7, 

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’’), Institute of Electrical 

and Electronics Engineers (‘‘IEEE’’) 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, 33 new standards have 

been initiated and 13 existing standards 

are being revised. More detail regarding 

these changes can be found at http:// 

standards.ieee.org/standardswire/sba/ 

16-05-08.html and http:// 

standards.ieee.org/standardswire/sba/ 

06-12-08.html. In addition, an update to 

the registration activities associated 

with 21 existing standards is being 

submitted. More detail regarding this 

update can be found at http:// 

standards.ieee.org/regauth/ 

registrystandards.html. 

On September 17, 2004, IEEE 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 3, 2004 (69 FR 64105). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on May 9, 2008. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on June 17, 2008 (73 FR 34327). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E8–17511 Filed 7–30–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993 Petroleum Environmental 

Research Forum 

Notice is hereby given that, on July 9, 

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’’), Petroleum 

Environmental Research Forum 

(‘‘PERF’’) 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, The Questor Centre, 

Belfast, Northern Ireland, 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 PERF intends 

to file additional written notifications 

disclosing all changes in membership. 

On February 10, 1986, PERF 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 14, 1986 (51 FR 8903). 


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