97-23870. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 175 (Wednesday, September 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47689-47690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23870]


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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

    Notice is hereby given that, on July 24, 1997, 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 Advanced Lead-Acid Battery 
Consortium (``ALABC''), a program of International Lead Zinc Research 
Organization, Inc., filed written notification simultaneously with

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the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
changes in its membership. The notification was filed for the purpose 
of extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. 
Specifically, Southern California Edison, Rosemead, CA and Johnson 
Controls, Milwaukee, WI have made commitments to the Consortium.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the Consortium. Membership in the Consortium remains open 
and ALABC intends to file additional written notification disclosing 
any future changes in membership.
    On June 15, 1992, the 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). The last notification was filed 
with the Department on April 28, 1997. A notice was published in the 
Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on May 22, 1997 
(62 FR 28065).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 97-23870 Filed 9-9-97; 8:45 am]
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