[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32372-32373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15502]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice of Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993 Spray Drift Task Force
Notice is hereby given that, on April 21, 1997, pursuant to Section
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993,
15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 se seq. (``the Act''), the Spray Drift Task Force
has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney
General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing a merger of two
parties to the Spray Drift Task Force Joint Data Development Agreement
and the new name of the combined enterprise. The notifications were
filed for the purpose of extending the Act's
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provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual
damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, ALSAN Research,
Ankey, IA; Gharda Chemicals Ltd., Washington, DC; and Tri Corporation,
Houston, TX has become members. Additionally, the following companies
have changed their names: (1) Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Greenboro, NC,
owned by Ciba-Geigy Ltd. Group, Basel, SWITZERLAND and Sandoz AGRO, Des
Plaines, IA have merged to become Novartis Crop Protection, Inc.,
Greensboro, NC; and (2) Akzo Nobel Chemicals b.v., Arnhem, NETHERLANDS
has been acquired by NuFarm Limited, Laverton, North Victoria,
AUSTRALIA.
No other changes have been made in either the membership, corporate
name, or planned activities of the venture.
On May 15, 1990, the Spray Drift Task Force 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 5, 1990 (55 FR 27701). The last notification
was filed with the Department on November 16, 1995. A notice was
published in the Federal Register on April 8, 1996 (61 FR 15522).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 97-15502 Filed 6-12-97; 8:45 am]
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