98-26177. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993Southwest Research Institute (``SWRI'') Ford Focus: Catalytic Converter Design Validation Test Project

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 1998)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Southwest Research Institute (``SWRI'') Ford 
Focus: Catalytic Converter Design Validation Test Project

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 25, 1998, 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 
(``SWRI'') Ford Focus: Catalytic Converter Design Validation Test 
Project 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 Section 6(b) 
of the Act, the identities of the parties are Ford Motor Company, 
Dearborn, MI; Ford Motor Company, Ltd., Laindon Basildon Essex, 
England; Arvin Exhaust, Columbus, IN; Corning, Inc., Troy, MI; Tenneco 
Automotive, Grass Lake, MI; AP Parts, Toledo, OH; 3M, St. Paul, MN; and 
Visteon, Dearborn, MN. The nature and objectives of the venture are to 
establish a foundation of real on-vehicle data and a database of 
catalytic converter operating environments from several current-
technology Ford vehicles so that an appropriate design validation test 
for catalytic converters can be developed for current and future 
vehicles.
    Membership in this program is limited to those companies listed 
herein and is closed. SWRI intends to file additional written 
notifications disclosing all changes in the planned activities.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 98-26177 Filed 9-29-98; 8:45 am]
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