95-10314. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993Gas Pipeline Monitoring for Third-Party Damage

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 81 (Thursday, April 27, 1995)]
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[Page 20751]
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[FR Doc No: 95-10314]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Gas Pipeline Monitoring for Third-Party Damage

    Notice is hereby given that, on February 21, 1995, 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''), Southwest Research 
Institute (``SwRI'') has 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 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 identities of the parties are: Tokyo Gas Company, LTD., 
Yokohama JAPAN; Osaka Gas Company, Ltd., Osaka, JAPAN; and Toho Gas 
Company, Ltd., Nagoya JAPAN. The general areas of planned activities 
are to determine what technologies are available for monitoring of 
damage to gas pipelines by conducting a literature survey concerning 
detection of third-party damage to pipelines, sensing systems being 
utilized and signal processing technologies available in order to 
advise the participants of such a system's detection capabilities to 
display the location of damage, to announce the detection of damage, 
and to indicate the grade or degree of damage which has occurred; by 
exploring related detected technologies and by evaluating the 
information gathered in order to recommend one or more technical 
approaches for further research and system development.
    Membership in the program is closed and SwRI intends to file 
additional written notification if there are any changes in planned 
activities.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 95-10314 Filed 4-26-95; 8:45 am]
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