02-22456. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Southwest Research Institute: The Consortium for NASGRO Development and Support

Notice is hereby given that, on July 26, 2002, 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: The Consortium for NASGRO Development and Support has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership status. 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, The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA; and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Nagoya, JAPAN 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 the participants intend to file additional written notification disclosing all changes in membership.

On October 3, 2001, Southwest Research Institute: The Consortium for NASGRO Development and Support 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 January 22, 2002 (67 FR 2910).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.