2017-23151. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-ASTM International Standards  

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    Notice is hereby given that, on September 13, 2017, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), ASTM International (“ASTM”) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing additions or changes to its standards development activities. 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, ASTM has provided an updated list of current, ongoing ASTM standards activities originating between May 2017 and September 2017 designated as Work Items. A complete listing of ASTM Work Items along with a brief description of each, is available at http://www.astm.org.

    On September 15, 2004, ASTM filed its original notification pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice published a notice in the Start Printed Page 49425 Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on November 10, 2004 (69 FR 65226).

    The last notification was filed with the Department on May 15, 2017. A notice was filed in the Federal Register on June 28, 2017 (82 FR 29328).

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    Patricia A. Brink,

    Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.

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    [FR Doc. 2017-23151 Filed 10-24-17; 8:45 am]

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Document Information

Published:
10/25/2017
Department:
Antitrust Division
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
2017-23151
Pages:
49424-49425 (2 pages)
PDF File:
2017-23151.pdf