[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 202 (Thursday, October 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 54221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26613]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Seed Research Services, LLC
Notice is hereby given that, on September 19, 1996, pursuant to
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of
1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301, et seq. (``the Act''), Seed Research
Services, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company, has filed
written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and with
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 current parties in the venture are: first,
California Artichoke and Vegetable Growers Corp., dba Ocean Mist Farms,
a California corporation, and member of Seed Research Services, LLC,
whose shareholders consist of: Boutonnet Farms, Inc., a California
Corporation; Sea Mist Farms, LLC, a California Limited Liability
Company; Bengard Harvesting, a California General Partnership; Joy Al,
Inc., a California Corporation; Donnar, Inc., a California Corporation;
Tottino Living Trust, Hugo and Delores Tottino, Trustees, a California
Trust; and the following U.S. citizens and California residents: Leslie
Tottino; David Tottino; Karen Antle; Cathy Alameda; and Michelle Pecci;
second, Associated Produce Distributors, a California Limited
Partnership, and member of Seed Research Services, LLC, whose general
partners consist of: Lael Lee Co., a California General Partnership;
B.W. Brown Co., a California General Partnership; A.P. Generals, a
California General Partnership; and a U.S. citizen and California
resident, Reno Costella; and third, Adobe Ranch Company, a California
General Partnership and member of Seed Research Services, LLC, whose
general partners consist of the following U.S. citizens and California
residents: Louis H. Delfino; David N. Delfino; and Louis J. Delfino.
The general area of planned activity for Seed Research Services,
LLC is seed and plant research, development and licensing of
proprietary varieties of artichokes to its Members and/or third
parties, and may also include the production of proprietary seed and/or
plants. The principal executive office of Seed Research Services, LLC
is located at 450 Lincoln Avenue, Salinas, CA 93902.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-26613 Filed 10-16-96; 8:45 am]
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