95-14991. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993Petroleum Environmental Research Forum

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 32171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14991]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Petroleum Environmental Research Forum

    Notice is hereby given that, on March 23, 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 Petroleum 
Environmental Research Forum (``PERF'') Project No. 94-09 titled 
``Improvements in Methods for Biological Treatment of Refinery 
Wastewater and Water Reuse'', have 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 
Amoco Corporation, Naperville, Illinois; Exxon Research and Engineering 
Company, Florham Park, New Jersey; and Chevron Research and Technology 
Company, Richmond, California. The general area of planned activity is 
to exchange research on the general topic of refinery wastewater 
treatment. Specific topics of interest are biological treatment, with 
an emphasis on nitrification, and water reuse.
    Participation in this venture will remain open to all interested 
persons and organizations until the Project Completion Date, which is 
presently anticipated to occur in December, 1996. Also the parties 
intend to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes 
in the membership of the group of Participants involved in this 
project. Information regarding participation in the Project maybe 
obtained from Dr. Ramachandra Achar, Amoco Research Center, Mail 
Station H-7, 150 West Warrenville Road, Naperville, IL 60563.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 95-14991 Filed 6-19-95; 8:45 am]
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