95-7462. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993Water Heater Industry Joint Research and Development Consortium

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 58 (Monday, March 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 15789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7462]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Water Heater Industry Joint Research and 
Development Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 28, 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''), the participants in the 
Water Heater Industry Joint Research and Development Consortium have 
filled 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 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 the parties are: Bradford White Corporation, 
Ambler, PA; GSW Water Heater Company, Fergus, Ontario CANADA; Rheem 
Manufacturing Company, New York, NY; Sothcorp USA, Inc., Bala Cynwyd, 
PA; and State Industries, Inc., Ashland City, TN. The purpose of the 
cooperative arrangement is to determine whether a gas, residential, 
bottom fired water heater may be designed or modified to reduce or 
prevent the ignition of flammable vapors in a contained area without 
compromising the integrity of the heater, creating hazards, or 
violating existing safety and energy efficiency standards.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 95-7462 Filed 3-24-95; 8:45 am]
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