04-23779. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Steel Deck 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”), Steel Deck Institute (“SDI”) 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: Steel Deck Institute, Fox River Grove, IL. The nature and scope of SDI's standards development activities are: To provide uniform industry standards for the engineering, design, manufacture and field usage of steel roof decks, composite floor decks and non-composite steel floor decks.

Dorothy B. Fountain,

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.