[Federal Register: November 12, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 218)]
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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''): Phytoremediation Research 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''): Phytoremediation Research Project 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 Center for Waste Reduction Technologies, New York, NY; 
American Institute of Chemical Engineers, New York, NY; CH2M Hill, 
Inc., Englewood, CO; The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI; HNA 
Holdings, Inc., Summit, NJ; ICI Canada, Inc., North York, Ontario, 
CANADA; and Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, PA. The nature and 
objectives of the venture are to produce a comprehensive non-propriety, 
compilation of information, data and experience about phytoremediation, 
and to present the results of this integrated study to the participants 
in a final report which will stand up to peer review to demonstrate the 
credibility of its conclusions.
    Information regarding participation in this joint venture may be 
obtained from: Center for Waste Reduction Technologies, American 
Institute of Chemical Engineers, 3 Part Avenue, New York, NY 10016.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-29521 Filed 11-10-99; 8:45 am]
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