2023-27559. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Resilient Infrastructure + Secure Energy Consortium

Notice is hereby given that, on October 3, 2023, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), the Resilient Infrastructure + Secure Energy Consortium (“RISE”) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership. 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, Beacon Industries, Inc., Newington, CT; IEEECyber Security, Inc., York, PA; Mechanical Solutions, Inc., Whippany, NJ; MPR Associates, Inc., Alexandria, VA; NGU Sports Lighting, Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Potorti Enterprises, Inc., Floyds Knobs, IN; and Venturi LLC, Huntsville, AL have been added as parties to this venture.

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

On July 2, 2021, RISE 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 August 23, 2021 (86 FR 47155).

The last notification was filed with the Department on July 7, 2023. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on September 26, 2023 (88 FR 66057).

Suzanne Morris,

Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.