[Federal Register: November 22, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 224)]
[Notices]               
[Page 67948-67949]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

 
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Outdoor Power Equipment Institute

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 16, 2004, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Outdoor Power Equipment 
Institute

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(``OPEI'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
name and 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: Outdoor Power 
Equipment Institute, Alexandria, VA. The nature and scope of OPEI's 
standards development activities are: The development of voluntary 
standards for wheeled and handheld outdoor power equipment including, 
but not limited to: Walk-behind mowers; ride-on machines with mowers; 
snow throwers; commercial turf care equipment; powered shredder/
grinders and shredded/baggers; walk-behind powered rotary tillers; 
hand-held and backpack, gasoline-engine-powered blowers; grass 
trimmers; and brush cutters.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-25855 Filed 11-19-04; 8:45 am]

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