99-13289. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium (``ALABC'')

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28515-28516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13289]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium 
(``ALABC'')

    Notice is hereby given that, on April 8, 1999, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Advanced Lead-Acid Battery 
Consortium (``ALABC'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
changes in its membership status. The notification were filed for 
purpose of extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of 
antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Specifically, Borregaard Lignotech, Sharpsborg, Norway; and Eskom,

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Johannesburg, South Africa 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 Advanced Lead-Acid Battery 
Consortium (``ALABC'') intends to file additional written notification 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On June 15, 1992, Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium (``ALABC'') 
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 July 29, 1992 (57 FR 33522-02).
    The last notification was filed with the Department on January 11, 
1999. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Section 6(b) of the Act on February 18, 1999 (64 FR 8123-02).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 99-13289 Filed 5-25-99; 8:45 am]
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