06-5736. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Southwest Research Institute: Cooperative Research Group on High Efficiency Durable Gasoline Engine

Notice is hereby given that, on May 16, 2006, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), Southwest Research Institute: Cooperative Research Group on High Efficiency Durable Gasoline Engine (“Hedge”) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership. The notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, Honeywell International, Inc., Torrance, CA; and Ivenco Motorenforschung AG, Arbon, SWITZERLAND 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 HEDGE intends to file additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.

On June 10, 2005, HEDGE 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 7, 2005 (70 FR 39339).

The last notification was filed with the Department on August 10, 2005. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on September 22, 2005 (70 FR 55629).

Dorothy B. Fountain,

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.