[Federal Register: December 30, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 250)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Southwest Research Institute (``SwRI''): Joint 
Industry Program--Development of an Instrument for Corrosion Detection 
in Insulated Pipes Using a Magnetostrictive Sensor

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 23, 1998, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Southwest Research Institute 
(``SwRI''): Joint Industry Program--Development of an Instrument for 
Corrosion Detection in Insulated Pipes Using a

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Magnetostrictive Sensor has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
changes in its membership status. 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, CTI Alaska, Inc. has been purchased by ASCG Inspection, 
Inc., Anchorage, AK and the contract has been assigned to ASCG 
Inspection Inc. effective February 16, 1998 and ASCG Inspection Inc. is 
now a participant.
    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 Southwest Research Institute 
(``SwRI''): Joint Industry Program--Development of an Instrument for 
Corrosion Detection in Insulated Pipes Using a Magnetostrictive Sensor 
intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes 
in membership.
    On October 19, 1995, Southwest Research Institute (``SwRI''): Joint 
Industry Program--Development of an Instrument for Corrosion Detection 
in Insulated Pipes Using a Magnetostrictive Sensor 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 February 23, 1996 (61 FR 7020).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on October 8, 
1997. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on March 19, 1998 (63 FR 133433).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-34644 Filed 12-29-98; 8:45 am]
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