28278 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 113 / Monday, June 15, 2009 / Notices 

Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the 

Act on March 26, 2009 (74 FR 13228). 

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—Joint Venture To Perform 

Project Entitled Next Generation 

SCADA for Prevention and Mitigation 

of Water System Infrastructure 

Disaster 

Notice is hereby given that, on April 

22, 2009, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the 

National Cooperative Research and 

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

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Joint Venture to 

Perform Project Entitled Next 

Generation SCAIJA for Prevention and 

Mitigation of Water System 

Infrastructure Disaster (‘‘Next 

Generation SCADA’’) has filed written 

notifications 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 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: Earth Mechanics, Inc., 

Fountain Valley, CA; Irvine Ranch 

Water District, Irvine, CA; Orange 

County Sanitation District, Fountain 

Valley, CA; Santa Ana Watershed 

Project Authority, Riverside, CA and 

The Regents of the University of 

California, Irvine, CA. 

The general area of Next Generation 

SCADA’s planned activity is to develop 

a novel monitoring and inspection 

system for large water pipe networks 

with the ability not only to detect a 

fracture or failure in a pipeline but also 

to evaluate in real time the remaining 

useful life at the original design capacity 

in the damaged system. This system will 

enable more effective and strategic 

planning of repair operations and 

maintenance. The project success will 

aid in extending the useful life and 

reliability of the water system 

infrastructure. 

The activities of this joint venture 

project will be partially funded by 

award 70NANB9H9013 from the 

Technology Innovation Program, 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

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—ASTM International 

Notice is hereby given that, on May 

18, 2009, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the 

National Cooperative Research and 

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

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), ASTM International 

(‘‘ASTM’’) 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, ASTM has provided an 

updated list of current, ongoing ASTM 

standards activities originating between 

February 2009 and May 2009 designated 

as Work Items. A complete listing of 

ASTM Work Items, along with a brief 

description of each, is available at 

http://www.astm.org. 

On September 15, 2004, ASTM 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 10, 2004 

(69 FR 65226). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on February 17, 2009. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on March 13, 2009 (74 FR 10966). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration 

Proposed Extension of Information 

Collection Request Submitted for 

Public Comment; Request to the 

Department of Labor for Expedited 

Review of Denial of COBRA Premium 

Reduction 

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (the 

Department), in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA 

95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides 

the general public and Federal agencies 

with an opportunity to comment on 

proposed and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the reporting burden on the public and 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. Currently, 

the Employee Benefits Security 

Administration (EBSA) is soliciting 

comments on the Application to the 

Department of Labor for Expedited 

Review of Denial of COBRA Premium 

Reduction (the ‘‘Application’’) and the 

Plan Administrator Information Sheet 

(the ‘‘Letter’’). A copy of the information 

collection request (ICR) may be obtained 

by contacting the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office shown in the 

ADDRESSES section on or before August 

14, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Please direct all written 

comments regarding the information 

collection request and burden estimates 

to G. Christopher Cosby, Office of Policy 

and Research, Employee Benefits 

Security Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Room N–5647, 

Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: 

(202) 693–8410; Fax: (202) 219–4745. 

These are not toll-free numbers. 

Comments may also be submitted 

electronically to the following Internet 

e-mail address: ebsa.opr@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The continuation coverage provisions 

of section 601 through 608 of ERISA 

(and parallel provisions of the Internal 

Revenue Code (Code)) generally require 

group health plans to offer qualified 

beneficiaries’ the opportunity to elect 


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