03-26657. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 Southwest Research Institute: Clean Diesel III

Notice is hereby given that, on September 12, 2003, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), Southwest Research Institute: Clean Diesel III has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing a change 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, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Fairfax, VA has been added as a party 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 remains open, and Southwest Research Institute: Clean Diesel III intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.

On January 12, 2000, Southwest Research Institute: Clean Diesel III 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 June 26, 2000 (65 FR 39429).

The last notification was filed with the Department on October 1, 2002. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on November 8, 2002 (67 FR 68177).

Dorothy B. Fountain,

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.