[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 107 (Monday, June 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27936-27937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13767]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[Project 94-10]
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993; Petroleum Environmental Research Forum
Notice is hereby given that, on January 24, 1996, pursuant to
Sec. 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Petroleum Environmental
Research Forum Project 94-10, ``Guidelines for the Scientific Study of
Oil Spill Effects'' 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 Sec. 6(b) of
the Act, the identities of the parties are: Amoco Corporation, Chicago,
IL; Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, CA; BP Oil Shipping
Company, U.S.A., Cleveland, OH; Chevron Research & Technology Company,
Richmond, CA; Conoco Inc., Houston, TX; Mobil Oil Corporation,
Princeton, NJ; and Unocal Corporation, Brea, CA. Research required in
furtherance of the project is to be carried out by: Arthur D. Little,
Cambridge, MA; Pentec Environmental, Inc., Edmonds, EA; MEC Analytical
Systems, Inc., Carlsbad, CA; and Owens Coastal Consultants, Bainbridge
Island, WA.
The area of planned activity of the joint venture is the
development of
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guidelines, protocols and standard operating procedures for the
scientific study of the environmental effects of oil spills and spill
response activities and the preparation of a report containing the
study guidelines so developed.
Participation in the project will remain open to interested parties
and information concerning participation may be obtained from S.B.
Robertson, Atlantic Richfield Co., 515 South Flower Street, Los
Angeles, California 90071. The participants intend to file additional
written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-13767 Filed 5-31-96; 8:45 am]
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