E9-29945. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Cooperative Research Group on Clean Diesel V

Notice is hereby given that, on November 9, 2009, 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 Clean Diesel V (“Clean Diesel V”) 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 Specifically, the following parties have withdrawn from this venture: BORGWARNER, Auburn Hills, MI; Caterpillar, Inc., Mossville, IL; Chrysler, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI; Delphi, Troy, MI; Emitec, Lohmar, GERMANY; Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI; Hitachi Automotive Systems, Advanced Technical Center, Ibaragi Prefecture, JAPAN; Modine Mfg. Co., Racine, WI; NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd., Nagoya, JAPAN; Nissan Technical Center N.A., Inc., Farrnington Hills, MI; Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd., Shizuoka-ken, JAPAN; Valeo, Cedex, FRANCE; and Yuchai Machinery Co., Ltd., Guangxi, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

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 Clean Diesel V intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.

On January 10, 2008, Clean Diesel V 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 February 25, 2008 (73 FR 10064).

The last notification was filed with the Department on August 25, 2009. A notice was published in the Federal Register on September 30, 2009 (74 FR 50245).

Patricia A. Brink,

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.