[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 229 (Friday, November 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63386-63387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31195]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993--Center for Waste Reduction Technologies
Notice is hereby given that, on April 23, 1997, pursuant to Section
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993,
15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Center for Waste
Reduction Technologies (``CWRT'') and other participants in the
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Total Cost Accounting project filed written notifications
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade
Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties and (2) the
nature and objectives of the joint venture. The notifications were
filed for the purpose of limiting recovery of plaintiffs to actual
damages under specified circumstances. Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the
Act, the identities to the parties are: Center for Waste Reduction
Technologies, New York, NY; American Institute of Chemical Engineers,
New York, NY; Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, MA; The Dow Chemical
Company, Midland, MI; Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN; General
Electric Corporation, Schenectady, NY; ICI Americas, Inc., Wilmington,
DE; Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co., St. Paul, MN; Monsanto
Company, St. Louis, MO; Owens Corning, Toledo, OH; Rhone-Poulenc North
America, Monmouth Junction, NJ; Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia,
PA; SmithKline Beecham, King of Prussia, PA; Union Carbide Corporation,
Danbury, CT; U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
The nature and objectives of this Joint Venture is to devise and
develop tools, techniques, programs, or methods to support decision
making and option selection in early stages of chemical manufacturing
process development, and that can be used before and/or during the
laboratory phase of a chemical process development project to aid in
selecting chemistry and processing conditions, with emphasis on
relative cost relationships and on the manufacture of products, or
material substances, rather than on the provision of services.
Participating in this Joint Venture will remain open to qualified
persons and organizations. The Participants intend to file additional
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership. Information
regarding participation in this joint venture may be obtained from:
Center for Waste Reduction Technologies, 345 East 47th Street, New
York, NY 10017-2395.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 97-31195 Filed 11-26-97; 8:45 am]
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