[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 218 (Monday, November 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57022-57023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27944]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Diesel Particulate NOX Aftertreatment
Using Plasma or Corona Discharges Cooperative Research Project
Notice is hereby given that, on July 24, 1995, 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,
(``SwRI''), on behalf of the Participants in the Diesel particulate/
NOx Aftertreatment Using Plasma or Corona Discharges Cooperative
Research Project has filed written notifications simultaneously with
the Attorney General and with the Federal Trade Commission disclosing
(1) the identities of the parties to the Project, 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 identifies of
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the current parties participating in the Cooperative Research Project
are Caterpillar, Inc., Peoria, IL: Equipements et Composants pour
L'Industrie Automobile, Valentigny, FRANCE; and Renault VI DITCM/DERM,
Saint-Priest, FRANCE, together with its subsidiary, Mack Trucks, Inc.,
Hagerstown, MD.
The nature and objective of this cooperative research project is to
investigate the feasibility of using plasma or corona discharge
technologies as diesel exhaust aftertreatment devices through the
screening of the present plasma or corona discharge technologies
utilizing a diesel engine comparing the effects of the different
technologies on the various type and concentrations of exhaust
components such as particulates, NOX, THC and CO, of the velocity,
production of unregulated emissions in the plasma and other safety
related aspects associated with implementation of the technologies;
theoretical modelling of the electrical and chemical processes and a
scaled-up development of the most promising technologies on a heavy-
duty diesel engine followed by a full-scale demonstration on a heavy-
duty vehicle.
Participation in this Cooperative Research Project will remain
open, and SwRI intends to file additional written notifications
disclosing all changes in its membership or planned activities.
Information regarding participation in the Cooperative Research
Project may be obtained from John W. McLeod, Southwest Research
Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, Post Office Drawer 28510, San Antonio, TX
78228-0510.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 95-27944 Filed 11-9-95; 8:45 am]
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