[Federal Register: August 19, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 160)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Center for Waste Reduction Technologies 
(``CWRT''): Total Cost Accounting Project

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 3, 1999, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Center for Waste Reduction 
Technologies (``CWRT''): Total Cost Accounting Project 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, General Electric 
Corporation, Schenectady, NY; ICI Americas, Inc., Wilmington, DE; 
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN; Rhone Poulenc 
North America, Monmouth Junction, NJ; and Union Carbide Corporation, 
Danbury, CT have been dropped as parties 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 remain open, and Center for Waste Reduction 
Technologies (``CWRT''): Total Cost Accounting Project intends to file 
additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.
    On April 23, 1997, Center for Waste Reduction Technologies 
(``CWRT''): Total Cost Accounting Project 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 28, 1997 (62 FR 63386).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on June 11, 
1998. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on November 2, 1998 (63 FR 58787).
    Information regarding participation in this joint venture may be 
obtained from: Center for Waste Reduction Technologies, American 
Institute of Chemical Engineers, 3 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-21559 Filed 8-18-99; 8:45 am]
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