UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                       Plaintiff,                   v. ALCAN INC., ALCAN ALUMINUM CORP., PECHINEY, S.A., and PECHINEY ROLLED PRODUCTS, LLC,                        Defendants.

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Case No. 1:03 CV 02012-GK Judge Gladys Kessler DECK TYPE: Antitrust

By order issued March 15, 2004, the Court, among other things, instructed the United States to file with the Court and to publish in the Federal Register any written comments relating to the proposed Final Judgment and the United States's responses. The United States filed the written comments and its responses on March 15, and caused them to be published in the Federal Register on April 6, 2004. See 69 Fed. Reg. 18930. The United States, however, urges the Court to refrain from taking any further action in this case until after June 1, 2004, pursuant to the terms of the Stipulated Order Regarding the Court's Consideration of the Proposed Final Judgment and the State of West Virginia's Pending Motion, which was filed electronically today. Dated: April 15, 2004.

Respectfully submitted,

_______________/s/________________ Anthony E. Harris, Esq. (IL Bar # 1133713) U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division 1401 H Street, NW, Suite 3000 Washington, DC 20530 Telephone: (202) 307-6583 Attorney for Plaintiff

I, Anthony E. Harris, hereby certify that on April 15, 2004, I caused copies of the foregoing Status of the United States's Compliance with the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 16(b)-(h) to be filed and served electronically, pursuant to the local rules, and to be served by mail by causing it to be sent first-class, postage prepaid, to duly authorized legal representatives, as follows:

Counsel for Defendants Alcan Inc., Alcan Aluminum Corp.,
Pechiney, S.A., and Pechiney Rolled Products, LLC

D. Stuart Meiklejohn, Esquire Michael B. Miller, Esquire Sullivan & Cromwell 125 Broad Street New York, NY 10004-2498

Peter B. Gronvall, Esquire Sullivan & Cromwell 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006

Counsel for the State of West Virginia

Andrew G. Fusco, Esquire Special Assistant Attorney General Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellot, PLLC 2400 Cranberry Square Morgantown, WV 26508 Edward J. Longosz, II, Esquire Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellot, LLC 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20006

_______________/s/________________ Anthony E. Harris, Esquire (IL Bar # 1133713) U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division 1401 H Street, NW, Suite 3000 Washington, DC 20530 Telephone No.: (202) 514-8666