[Federal Register: January 29, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 19)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to The National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--The National Shipbuilding Research Program 
(``NSRP'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 13, 1998, 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 Shipbuilding 
Research Program (``NSRP'') 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 are 
Atlantic Marine Holding Company, Jacksonville, FL; Avondale Industries, 
Incorporated, New Orleans, LA; Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath, ME; 
Electric Boat Corporation, Groton, CT; Halter Marine, Incorporated, 
Gulfport, MS; Ingalls Shipbulding, Incorporated, Pascaguala, MS; 
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, CA; Newport News 
Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, VA; and Todd Pacific 
Shipyard Corporation, Seattle, WA. The nature and objectives of the 
venture are the utilization of complementary research interest, talent 
and experience to obtain, manage and focus national shipbuilding 
funding on technologies to reduce costs to the United States Navy and/
or promote United States international shipbulding competitiveness.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-2098 Filed 1-28-99; 8:45 am]
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