2011-27400. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Cooperative Research Group on Nasgro Development and Support

Notice is hereby given that, on October 3, 2011, 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—Cooperative Research Group on NASGRO Development and Support (“NASGRO”) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership and period of performance. 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, Alcoa Technical Center, New York, NY; Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Saitama, JAPAN; Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Hawthorne, CA; United Launch Alliance, Littleton, CO; Agusta Westland, Casina Costa di Samarate, ITALY; and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Nagoya, JAPAN, have been added as parties to this venture. Additionally, the period of performance has been extended to June 30, 2013.

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 NASGRO intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On October 3, 2001, NASGRO 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 January 22, 2002 (67 FR 2910).

The last notification was filed with the Department on July 22, 2008. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on August 18, 2008 (73 FR 48242).

Patricia A. Brink,

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.